Baby business

Movie
German title	Baby business
Original title	Citizen Ruth
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1996
length	101 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Alexander Payne
script	Jim Taylor
production	Cathy Konrad , Cary Woods
music	Rolfe Kent
camera	James Glennon
cut	Kevin Tent
occupation
Laura Dern : Ruth Stoops Swoosie Kurtz : Diane Siegler Kurtwood Smith : Norm Stoney Mary Kay Place : Gail Stoney Kelly Preston : Rachel MC Gainey : Harlan Kenneth Mars : Dr. Charlie Rollins David Graf : Judge Kathleen Noone : Nurse Pat Tippi Hedren : Jessica Weiss Burt Reynolds : Blaine Gibbons Alicia Witt : Cheryl Stoney Diane Ladd : Ruth's mother

Baby Business (Original title: Citizen Ruth ) is an American comedy film from 1996 . Directed by Alexander Payne , who also wrote the script with Jim Taylor .

action

The drug addict Ruth Stoops has four children who were placed with foster families by the authorities. She is arrested again for a drug offense and learns she is pregnant. A judge advises her to have an abortion . Stoops opts for it and ends up at the wrong clinic that anti-abortionists lead into contact with pregnant women.

Stoops first lives with the Stoney family and later with the lesbian Diane Siegler and Rachel. It accepts donations from abortion opponents as well as from abortion advocates. Stoops has a miscarriage and then demands more money from one of the abortion advocates.

Reviews

Janet Maslin wrote in the New York Times on December 13, 1996 that the "outrageously hilarious" comedy proves that the subject of abortion can be quite funny. Thanks to the “hilarious” portrayal of the “outstanding comedian” Laura Dern, one could like the character she played. The "skilful" direction ensures fun for anti-abortionists as well as for supporters.

The lexicon of international films wrote: “Located between real satire and mocking didactic play, the film sketches the two groups with bold brushstrokes and tries to show that no bridge can be built between drug addiction and the bourgeois world. The strengths of the film lie in the distance it keeps to its characters and the convincing leading actress. "

Awards

Laura Dern won an award at the World Film Festival in 1996 . Alexander Payne was in 1996 for the Grand Jury Prize of the Sundance Film Festival nominated. The screenwriters received an award from the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1996 ; Alexander Payne was also nominated for another award at this festival.

In 1997 the producers received the High Hopes Award of the Munich Film Festival . The screenwriters received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award in 1999 .

backgrounds

The film was in Omaha ( Nebraska ) and in Council Bluffs ( Iowa turned). Its production amounted to an estimated 3 million US dollars . The world premiere took place in January 1996 at the Sundance Film Festival , which was followed by several other film festivals. Since December 13, 1996, the film grossed approx. 153,000 US dollars in selected cinemas in the USA. It was released in German cinemas on May 15, 1997.

Web links

• Baby Business in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Baby Business at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• Baby Business at Metacritic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Film review by Janet Maslin , accessed November 4, 2008
2. ^ Baby Business in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on November 4, 2008
3. ^ Filming locations for Citizen Ruth , accessed November 4, 2008
4. ^ Box office / business for Citizen Ruth , accessed November 4, 2008
5. ↑ Release dates for Citizen Ruth , accessed November 4, 2008