A Price Above Rubies

Description

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!

Customer Reviews:

Voyeuristic.......2007-06-04

I find this movie very soapy and the cash business within the community is fascinating. I have no idea if this movie is offensive to the Orthodox Jewish community but I am just nosy.

Not an easy movie to watch.......2007-03-24

This was not an easy movie to watch. Simply because the idea of a Jewish brother in law complete with ultra Orthodox Jewish clothing, forcing his sister in law to have sex with him, turned my stomach. And the character Julianna Margulies plays which is a holier than thou, judgmental , Hasidic wife type is utterly convincing, but also the negative stereotype that many non Jews expect.

Renée Zellweger tries hard to make her character convincing, but her pouty face which has always bugged me, is distracting. In the end the movie shows that even in the ultra orthodox Jewish community which outsiders often see as mystical and odd, there are those who do the same awful things that the rest of society does.

A Price Above Rubies.......2006-11-06

tHE WORST OF THE WORST I DON'T THINK I COULD EVER LOOSE MY TIME IN SUCH A WAY.

It could have been better.......2006-08-09

I found this movie hard to follow. Renée Zellweger is playing a wife of an Orthodox scholar (Hasidic Judaism). He is very strong in his beliefs and she has no use for God. She is very much into the material world and what it has to offer. She gets a chance in the jewelry business through her brother-in-law but it has a high price. While working for him, she meets a Puerto Rican jewelry designer and artist whose work gives her joy but she also encounters grief by meeting him. The story is pretty much about a woman struggling to be herself in a rigid community. But you can also see how for some people it's very comforting to have strong rules and codes.

The movie is written and edited in such a way I found it hard to follow. Especially in the beginning. It's too bad because this could have been great movie. Instead I found myself frustrated watching it.

about the movie a price about rubies.................2006-07-07

This DVD film/movie is selling in Singapore videoshops. I grabbed a copy of it and watched. The story is basically about a woman whom is married and have a baby and her character changed when approach different man which this story uses religion to make her relise what she did was in the wrong but she still did not mend her ways resulting from the first man left her after passing her a box with ruby. This story is actually talking about woman whom are not faithful to their love ones but this round using religion to reason out with the story character so that they could mend their ways only. This story is recommended to those whom are interested in this genre of DVD film/movie.

N/B: This kind of film/movie often result in a country's film/movie or DVD film/movie rating to be affected. Especially the R for those whom enjoy watching film/movie.

Review by:

(Dr)Ang Poon Kah (Sugi Nomoyoshi)
Rogue University Professor Certificate
Imagine entertainment for film/movie the Da Vinci Code.
Zakkers film director.

Charlie Rose with Juliana Margulies; Paul Johnson (March 19, 1998)

Average customer rating:

Charlie Rose with Juliana Margulies; Paul Johnson (March 19, 1998)

Manufacturer: Charlie Rose
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

( C ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video

Description

First, actress Juliana Margulies of the TV show E. R. discusses the success of the medical drama and her two new films, The Newton Boys, about retired successful bankrobbers, and A Price Above Rubies, about racial tensions in a Hasidic neighborhood. Finally, Paul Johnson discusses his new book, A History of the American People, in which he, as an Englishman outsider, attempts to describe the spirit of America and the foundation of its values.

Average customer rating:

Voyeuristic
Not an easy movie to watch
A Price Above Rubies
It could have been better
about the movie a price about rubies..........

A Price Above Rubies [Region 2]
Starring: Renée Zellweger , Christopher Eccleston , Julianna Margulies , Allen Payne , and Glenn Fitzgerald
Director: Boaz Yakin
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video

( P ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
Similar Items:

ASIN: B00004T8GD