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A Price Above Rubies

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A Price Above Rubies (1998)

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Reviews Counted:25

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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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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

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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Jordan Hiller
Jordan Hiller
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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A Price Above Rubies would have more impact if filmmaker Boaz Yakin didn't allow its energy level to sag in several scenes, and if he avoided some lapses into Hollywood-style sensationalism.

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David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor
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Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

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Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

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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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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

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Brandon Judell
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Emanuel Levy
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Yakin cleverly introduces elements of magic realism in an otherwise starkly real, modern allegory.

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