Citizen Ruth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-12-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(5513 Reviews)

Director:

Alexander Payne

Genres:

Comedy Drama

Cast:

Laura Dern Swoosie Kurtz Kurtwood Smith Mary Kay Place

Writer:

Alexander Payne

Jim Taylor

Fullplot:

Ruth Stoops is a poor indigent drug-user (a huffer - inhaling glue and paint for a high) whose down and out existence is complicated once more by becoming pregnant (she has had and lost four children already). When a judge orders that she gets an abortion or face a felony charge, she is befriended by Gail Stoney, a pro-lifer whose husband is president of the local "Babysavers" group. Suddenly Ruth is thrust into the middle of the pro-choice/pro-life struggle, with each side wanting her to take their side as a "message" to others - and the situation escalates...

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