Citizen Ruth
Movie • 1996 • Comedy
Report"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.
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Ruth says that she had to suck her monther's boyfriend's dick when she was younger, it opens with her having painful sex that she appears to have been coersed into, and there is a middle school age boy who is traveling with and is strongly suggested to be having a sexual relationship with the head of an anti-abortion group
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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KirEm
Ruth is manipulated throughout the film.
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KirEm
Sorta. A child is gut-punched briefly, but not by his parents and it is not founded in a history of violence.
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Addiction
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Ruth uses aerosol chemicals, weed, and alcohol (references tobacco).
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Is there addiction?
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Ruth is addicted to huffing chemicals.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Not horribly, but teens drink, alcohol is used as a coping mechanism, and a pregnant woman drinks while pregnant.
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Ruth shortly struggles to breathe several times throughout the film and a child struggles to breath after being sucker-punched.
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Is someone tortured?
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Depends on your definition. The whole movie is about a woman being badgered to both have and not have an abortion by masses of people, as a martyr.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Not a shower, but a bath scene is shown.
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When the cops are arresting Ruth towards the beginning of the movie, she vomits on the hood of the cop car.
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Does someone spit?
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Ruth spits after trying to huff some bathroom chemicals under the sink.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Ruth is taken to the hospital by the cops near the beginning, a "clinic" to talk her out of an abortion (people talk to her under the pretense of being medical professionals), and at the end, Ruth is taken to an abortion clinic.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Not quite, but Ruth feels very boxed in and can't leave on several occasions because of protesters outside.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Lots of language including c*nt. A couple of people give each other the finger at the abortion clinic.
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Ruth miscarries.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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There's a baby being held in a scene where the "baby savers" are singing.
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Are there abortions?
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The whole movie is about abortion. While Ruth does not have one, women enter the abortion clinic as protestors yell.
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The word dy*e is used.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Ruth suffers from extreme addiction issues and clearly has serious mental health issues, as well, and is treated with extreme condescension (like she is "stupid" and therefore whatever she thinks doesn't matter so all decisions must be made for her) by everyone who encounters her.
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There aren't any characters of color in the entire movie.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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No, but the three explicitly queer characters are portrayed in EXTREMELY negative stereotypical terms.
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Does the black guy die first?
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There are no Black characters.
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Is there hate speech?
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KirEm
Racist lyrics in song, implied homophobia (and slur), and sexist remarks are used throughout portions of the film.
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Ruth says that she had to suck her mother's boyfriend's cock when she was younger.
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Is there sexual content?
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KirEm
Film starts out with a sex scene.
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Is someone homeless?
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At the beginning of the film, Ruth has nowhere to stay and seems to spend a night on the street. She also says she has slept in dumpsters before.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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No, but a anti-abortion protester throws himself dramatically on the hood of a car going into an abortion clinic.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Not really, however a ceramic toilet cover is dropped on a man's head from quite a height to incapacitate him.
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Is there gun violence?
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Not heavy, a shotgun is used to threaten trespassers and near the end of the film Ruth has a gun and threatens to use it but doesn't.
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