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Release Date: 06 May, 2003 Retail Price: $14.99 OUR Price: $13.99 You SAVE: $1.00! Cast: Complete Cast (11 total) |
A Price Above Rubies Reviews
Loved it! A New Perspective On a Tabu Subject !!!
This movie really allows one to think outside the box! A seemingly tabu subject brought out into the open. Not a movie for the closed minded. For those with an opened mind, this movie is entertaining and thought provoking!!! Highly Recommended!!!
Missed opportunity
I was excited about renting this movie, because the world of Hasidic Jews is not often explored in the cinema. I expected something multidimensional and eye-opening. The movie started off well. It had some interesting twists, like Sonia's conversations with her childhood friend. But the characters turned out to be talking heads. They have no depth. They are humanized stereotypes. Sonia's husband is portrayed as stiff-necked, sexually repressed Jewish schoolmaster. The rest of the characters are "extras". They have one collective soul, one collective attitude, which is probably the effect that the director was going for. I can tell that the director has a huge chip on his shoulder. It's obvious that he hates anything remotely traditional. Apparently, only secular Jews deserve sympathy. Orthodox Jews are portrayed as arrogant and secluded. What can be more "liberating" for poor little Sonia than an affair with a hip urban hispanic artist? What a shame. This could have been a serious movie.
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