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A Price Above Rubies (1998)

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Reviews Counted:25

Fresh:15

Rotten:10

Average Rating:6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Free spirit Sonia longs to escape the restrictions of the community into which she was born--the tiny, hermetic cultural circle of the Brooklyn Hasidim--and rebels against her erudite but... Free spirit Sonia longs to escape the restrictions of the community into which she was born--the tiny, hermetic cultural circle of the Brooklyn Hasidim--and rebels against her erudite but emotionally cold arranged husband by initiating two affairs: one with his jeweler brother, and one with a Puerto Rican outsider whose experience of life is miles apart from hers. Less an exploration of the conflicts between Hasidic tradition and modernity than a standard story of self-realization. [More]

Starring: Renée Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fitzgerald, Allen Payne

Starring: Renée Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fitzgerald, Allen Payne, Julianna Margulies, Kathleen Chalfant, Edie Falco, John Randolph, Kim Hunter, Jackie Ryan, Shelton Dane

Director: Boaz Yakin

Director: Boaz Yakin
Screenwriter: Boaz Yakin
Producer: Lawrence Bender, John Penotti
Composer: Lesley Barber

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Jan 18, 2000

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  • A Price Above Rubies
  • This widely acclaimed motion picture features outstanding performances from Renee Zellweger (JERRY MAGUIRE, BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY) and Julianna Margulies (TV's ER, THE NEWTON BOYS). Sonia (Zellweger) is a young woman who always did just what was expected: she married the right man, moved to the right neighborhood, and had a beautiful baby. And yet, when she discovers an exciting world beyond her tightly knit community, it sparks a growing desire for independence that threatens the security of the perfect life she knows. See A PRICE ABOVE RUBIES for yourself, and learn why critics and audiences nationwide have praised this passionate movie gem!
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    Yakin's argument is presented with such blind rage and fury that his little film goes from sensitive and perceptive to sensational and scandal-mongering very quickly

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    07/26/09
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    06/24/06
    Derek Adams
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    Yakin dares to not only enter that neighborhood, but to find beauty and sadness in it, rather than something alien or foreign.

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    Thanks to Boaz (Fresh) Yorkin, we now have Bye, Bye, Hasid or better yet Escape from the Tefillin.

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