A Price Above Rubies

A Price Above Rubies (1998)

  • 54% of critics liked it
    (28 reviews)

  • 52% of users liked it
    (1,483 ratings)

Boaz Yakin (a Sundance winner for Fresh) wrote and directed this drama, set in Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish community, about a young woman who harbors doubts about continuing to follow the path of her religion. Sonia (Renee Zellweger) gives birth to her first child. She wants to name the boy after her… More

R, 2 hr.
Directed By
Boaz Yakin
Written By
Boaz Yakin
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Mar 25, 1998 Wide
On DVD
Jan 18, 2000

Critic Reviews

  • Christopher Lloyd, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

    A Price Above Rubies isn't a particularly good movie, though Zellweger shines in a tough, gritty role that foreshadowed her more serious acting ambitions.

  • Jordan Hiller, Bangitout.com

    Yakin's argument is presented with such blind rage and fury that his little film goes from sensitive and perceptive to sensational and scandal-mongering very quickly

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    Yakin dares to not only enter that neighborhood, but to find beauty and sadness in it, rather than something alien or foreign.

  • Brandon Judell, Critics Inc./America Online

    Thanks to Boaz (Fresh) Yorkin, we now have Bye, Bye, Hasid or better yet Escape from the Tefillin.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Leigh R


    Very well done film. Don't miss watching this one.

  • Leo L


    Great film!