A Price Above Rubies

I can't speak to the cultural accuracy of the film but I enjoyed the story. The characters were confusing. For Sonia especially, I vacillated between empathy and disdain for most of the movie. But I think that made it interesting, as... Full review

The character Sonia is the classic narcissist, a totally selfish person. This story in no way depicts actual life in the orthodox jewish world other than through the mind of one messed up, immature girl-woman. It is shameful this movie was... Full review

Mirimax is totally a left-wing liberal Democrat outfit. Just like in "Stranger Among Us," Hollywood has to attack religious Jews. Typical Hollywood.... Full review

I was Sonia. I lived a life in many ways similar to her's - i.e., married a 'yeshiva buchor', supported him, rebelled (emphatically!), was ostricised and found the whole thing stifling, intollerant, conformist (woe betide to those who dared to... Full review

This great little movie was shown at 2am, when it is far superior to the movie trash usually shown on daytime TV here in the UK. It exposes religious fundamentalists for what they are, exploitive, manipulative, misogynist and tribal to... Full review

Overall I tended to agree with the first reviewer who gave it a D grade and considered it a slam on Orthodox Judaism and Judaism in general tho I am not Jewish. It lays bare or accentuates those who give more... Full review

The cast is remarkable.Rene Zellweger gives the performance of her life hovering between wanting to be respectful and to blossom as a business woman and mother.She is so much smarter than her husband and wants so much more than she... Full review

A carefully and compellingly rendered drama of a contemporary woman's stirring discovery of self, "A Price Above Rubies" is set in the context of a Hasidic Jewish/American community. Beautifully photographed, this film's acting sparkles -- and renders a reasonably accurate... Full review

Having come from a similar background to the main character, Sonia Horowitz, I was able to empathize with her plight. Although there is much to be admired in the world of Orthodox Judaism, and Hasidism in particular, it is a... Full review

The self-imposed standards regarding matters of faith to which an individual must adhere, the priorities one sets, and giving precedence to one matter of importance at the expense of another are issues addressed in `A Price Above Rubies,' written and... Full review

But unlike Fresh (the film), A Price Above Rubies never comes to a completely satisfying resolution. Boaz Yakins follow-up to the remarkable Fresh continues many of the themes explored in that film. ... Full Review

A Price Above Rubies isn't a complete disaster. One of the most disappointing aspects of A Price Above Rubies is its lack of originality - right down to the too-pat conclusion. The flaw in Renee Zellweger's performance is harder to define. ... Full Review

A Price Above Rubies" too often drops into conventional storytelling, swelling music, the works, but it is unusual enough and touching enough that I can recommend it. A Price Above Rubies" succeeds because it occupies a corner of movies often untouched. ... Full Review

I can't really rip A Price Above Rubies , since it wasn't actually a terrible movie. It has metaphors, it has symbolism, it has memories, halloconiations, dreams, all of which are good points for the art film. ... Full Review

Sonia's unhappiness makes her an emotional time bomb, and it is Mendel's older brother Sender ( Christopher Eccleston ) who sets her off. Like the Amish of ``Kingpin'' and the Catholics of the early scenes in ``Household Saints,'' these Jews come across as exotic outsiders and holdouts in the great secularized American melting pot. ... Full Review

By LOUIS B. HOBSON HOLLYWOOD -- Three Jim Carreys would definitely be one too many for Renee Zellweger. The perky star of such films as Jerry Maguire, A Price Above Rubies and One True Thing vehemently denies the rumors that... ... Full Article

LIKE Michael Tolkin's apocalypse drama, The Rapture , or the Sundance hit of a few years ago, The Spitfire Grill , A Price Above Rubies is an off-beat American religious flick that rides the line between spiritual truths and wretched... ... Full Article

PRICE ABOVE RUBIES, A Rated:R For movie details, please click here . A Price Above Rubies is the story of Sonia Horowitz (Jerry Maguire's Renee Zellweger), a young Orthodox Jewish woman who has just given birth to her first child. ... Full Article

From Amazon : 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). ... Full Article