"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.
Acting
Laura Dern's feral, committed performance is career-defining.
Writing
Payne and Taylor's script spares absolutely no one.
Direction
Payne's clinical eye finds humor in human grotesquerie.
Director
Alexander Payne
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