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

| Original Score: 5/10 | Apr 12, 2021

This film is well worth seeing.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 26, 2021

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.

| Original Score: C+ | 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.

| Feb 4, 2021

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

| Feb 4, 2021

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

| Original Score: A- | 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.

| Feb 4, 2021

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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 4, 2021

A subdued, atmospheric, finely crafted independent picture.

| Apr 13, 2018

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

| Nov 29, 2017

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.

| Mar 26, 2009

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.

| Original Score: A | Dec 24, 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.

| Feb 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 31, 2003

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 30, 2003

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

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 15, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | 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.

| May 20, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 27, 2003

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

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 26, 2003