Liam Trump Film Threat Apr 12, 2021 5/10

Even though Ruby in Paradise may be lacking when it comes to pacing, there's still plenty to like.

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Linda Cook OurQuadCities / WHBF-TV (Illinois) Feb 26, 2021 4/4

This film is well worth seeing.

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EW Staff Entertainment Weekly Feb 4, 2021 C+

The film ends up being about whether she'll land on her feet, when what we really want to see is whether she can stand tall.

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Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times Feb 4, 2021

This is a warm, perceptive film of everyday life, free of epic tragedy, yet it reveals the courage it can take to strike out on one's own and to take charge of one's own destiny.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Feb 4, 2021

The tempo is slow and dreamy, but the flavor is rich, and it lasts.

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Steve Persall Tampa Bay Times Feb 4, 2021 A-

Ashley Judd has all the makings of a big movie star.

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Peter Travers Rolling Stone Feb 4, 2021

Nunez is a major filmmaker who thrives working in a minor key. He makes Ruby a romantic fable with a tough core of intelligence and wit. It's a real beauty.

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Mark Kermode Empire Magazine Feb 4, 2021 3/5

Judd is well cast as the small town gal looking to start afresh and gain her independence in this chick flick about learning who you are.

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Malcolm L. Johnson Hartford Courant Apr 13, 2018

A subdued, atmospheric, finely crafted independent picture.

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Quentin Curtis Independent on Sunday Nov 29, 2017

The film is as listless as its self-absorbed heroine.

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Variety Staff Variety Mar 26, 2009

After an eight-year layoff from filmmaking after A Flash of Green, Victor Nunez has returned with a film of gentle, intelligent qualities, vividly portraying a young woman's inner life.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Dec 24, 2006 A

Nunez's best film to date--The nominal plot is less important than the sharp observation of how a young woman in crisis (Ashley Judd at the top of her form) deals with life's inevitable frustrations until she reaches inner quietness.

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Charlotte O'Sullivan Time Out Feb 9, 2006

You know there's truth in these drab small-town lives, but, regrettably, there's little drama or humour to sustain interest in Ruby's vague musings on her bleak search for paradise.

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Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Oct 31, 2003 4/5

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Beth Jones Roanoke Times (Virginia) Jul 15, 2003 5/5

Judd shines like the movie star she was destined to become.

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D. S. Palo Alto Weekly May 20, 2003 2/4

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Janet Maslin New York Times May 20, 2003

"Ruby in Paradise" is more often pensive than genuinely thoughtful, but it is helped immensely by Ms. Judd's gravity and strength.

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Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) Mar 27, 2003 3/5

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Blake Davis KFOR Channel 4 News (Oklahoma City) Feb 26, 2003 4/5

A great film about a woman running from her life and inadvertantly finding it.

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