Citizen Ruth
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...
R
HD
Comedy, Drama
1996
106 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Citizen Ruth
- Duration : 106 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
- Directors : Alexander Payne min
- Imdb : 7 (5513 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.5 (5222 votes)
- Actors : Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith, Mary Kay Place
Movie Storyline
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...