This is Ashley Judd's first and best lead role in a film. It's an understated, flawed movie, but has a lot of memorable scenes and co-stars.
Full version is on youtube.
Did you see "Ruby in Paradise" in the 90s? What do you think of it?
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This is Ashley Judd's first and best lead role in a film. It's an understated, flawed movie, but has a lot of memorable scenes and co-stars.
Full version is on youtube.
Did you see "Ruby in Paradise" in the 90s? What do you think of it?
by Anonymous | reply 66 | May 21, 2020 5:12 PM |
Good movie to watch if you've ever moved to a city on your own and didn't know anyone.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 14, 2018 6:55 AM |
I remember Roger Ebert used to just be crazy about this movie.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 14, 2018 6:57 AM |
You don't get a celebrity relative vibe from Ashley in this
by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 14, 2018 7:16 AM |
It highlights Ashley Judd's horrible plastic surgery since then. She looks like she is wearing an Ashley Judd mask now. An exaggerated one.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 14, 2018 7:20 AM |
Enjoyed this quiet, interesting movie when I first saw it on cable when it was first out. Ashley Judd's only decent performance I've ever seen her do.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 14, 2018 7:28 AM |
I love it. Such an inspiring movie about independence.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 14, 2018 7:32 AM |
I loved it. Not a flashy movie or even role, but in its quiet and understated way it sends a message about loneliness and independence. Dorothy Lyman has a good part in it.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 14, 2018 7:40 AM |
I should watch it again. I remember a friend renting it back in the 90s and I was bored with it but probably just wasn't in the right mood.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 14, 2018 7:55 AM |
Saw it back in the 1990's and loved it. Definitely Ashley Judd's best performance. Bug is a close second.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 14, 2018 9:10 AM |
I agree, r1. It’s a perfect slice of life. It gets so much right about that age, like young people submitting to sex out of boredom/so they won’t get fired.
I loved ULEE’S GOLD by the same director, too.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 14, 2018 9:29 AM |
Judd got a lot of good buzz off this film as well as indie cred, as up to that point she was primarily known as the 'other Judd' who had a supporting role on the series Sisters as Swoozie Kurtz' daughter.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 14, 2018 11:23 AM |
After not seeing this movie for years, I still remember certain lines like when they talk about low-impact living.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 14, 2018 5:09 PM |
Naomi moved to different cities and started over again also..
by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 14, 2018 7:42 PM |
It seems so low budget and personal while watching it. It's hard to picture a camera crew and others there behind the scenes.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 14, 2018 11:07 PM |
It was played a lot on IFC, and was big on VHS rental. Before the days everything was released on DVD.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 15, 2018 2:17 AM |
Ashley Judd was really good in this.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 22, 2018 3:16 AM |
Thanks OP, I think I'll watch this tonight. I haven't seen it in forever, but remember that it was very good.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 22, 2018 3:20 AM |
Oh I so loved this movie. It really is the best thing she’s ever done.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 22, 2018 3:24 AM |
Will always love this movie
by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 22, 2018 3:30 AM |
This movie reminds me so much of the late 90s.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 22, 2018 3:31 AM |
I think Julia Roberts was trying to do something like this with Erin Brockovich.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 22, 2018 3:34 AM |
R21 or Eat Pray Love
by Anonymous | reply 22 | April 22, 2018 3:36 AM |
I love this little film and I have probably seen it 5 times over the years. I had high hopes for Ashley after seeing it, but I think she picked some rally poor projects in which to display her type of acting skills. I too loved Dorothy Lyman as her employer, and the guy who played her boyfriend, who went on to direct "In the Bedroom" was good as a low key lover.
This movie truly gets the feel of the real Florida which is seldom seen in movies. Ulee's Gold did as well. Cross Creek with Peter Coyote and Rip Torn is my favorite real Florida film ever. I liked it so much I moved to where the movie was filmed.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | April 22, 2018 3:41 AM |
I'll have to check out Ulee's Gold
by Anonymous | reply 24 | April 22, 2018 3:45 AM |
I actually remember seeing this in a theater. I liked it a lot.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | April 22, 2018 3:47 AM |
Filmed in Panama City and Tampa.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | April 22, 2018 3:54 AM |
There were a couple years when Ashley Judd, like Patricia Arquette, was talked about all the time.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | April 22, 2018 3:56 AM |
I think Ruby would approve of Ashley's nasty girl ranting.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | April 22, 2018 5:11 AM |
She did work her ass off in this movie. She's in every scene.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | April 23, 2018 12:40 AM |
It shows the side of Florida that is really shown.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | April 25, 2018 1:24 AM |
I don't follow you R30. What doe you mean, "really shown?"
by Anonymous | reply 31 | April 25, 2018 1:33 AM |
R30 rarely shown
by Anonymous | reply 32 | April 25, 2018 1:34 AM |
I love the Indian woman neighbor singing at the beginning and the end of the movie.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | April 25, 2018 1:38 AM |
Does this Florida still exist, 20 years later?
by Anonymous | reply 34 | April 25, 2018 1:39 AM |
Very nice little film depicting a little known slice of life in central Florida. I saw it years ago and always rewatch at every opportunity when broadcast (rarely). Time to purchase.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | April 25, 2018 1:42 AM |
It was one of my choices on the 'Employee Picks" shelf when I worked at a video store in Marina del Rey.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | April 25, 2018 1:46 AM |
I liked Todd Field in it. I could tell that The White ethnic Judd would become a starfucker. Her biggest conquest being "Daddy".....AKA Jack Nicholson.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | April 25, 2018 1:50 AM |
Saw it in the theater when it came out. Remember liking it and Judd's performance very much, but it didn't take her long to use it as a stepping stone to a very boring career.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | April 25, 2018 1:54 AM |
I miss the days of natural beauty
by Anonymous | reply 39 | April 25, 2018 2:17 AM |
I really liked it.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | April 25, 2018 2:27 AM |
Ashley Judd's real name is Ashley Ciminella! She should be proud of her Italian/Sicilian roots.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | April 25, 2018 1:49 PM |
There are a lot of stand alone, memorable lines from this movie.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | April 27, 2018 2:02 AM |
No love for Bentley Mitchum? Grandson of you know who. Went on to soft core porn in the Different Strokes film with Dana Plato. Should’ve progressed to gay porn.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | April 27, 2018 2:19 AM |
She’s annoying in everything I’ve seen...any real emotion seems inauthentic, counterfeit. air of arrogance permeates all!
by Anonymous | reply 44 | April 27, 2018 2:22 AM |
R44 Wynonna?
by Anonymous | reply 45 | April 27, 2018 2:24 AM |
R44 agree. I remember her in her prime in the 90s. Using 5 syllable words just made her sound like an insecure fool rather than intelligent.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | April 27, 2018 2:25 AM |
Sorry...no, Ashley...Wynonna very sweet, down to earth and natural.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | April 27, 2018 2:29 AM |
She doesn't seem arrogant at all in Ruby in Paradise, regardless of what she did afterwards.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | April 27, 2018 2:31 AM |
R48 that’s when she thought her shit stank. Afterwards she became so arrogant and obnoxious I couldn’t stand her. Bitch if you thought you were this brilliant college graduate how come you couldn’t pick one good script?!
by Anonymous | reply 49 | April 27, 2018 2:54 AM |
I don't think that Ashley, Naomi and especially Wynonna deny that their shit stinks.
With all those fried chicken livers and chicken fried steaks, state fair battered gizzards and elephant ears, those Judd gals must be blowing it up down south.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | April 27, 2018 3:03 AM |
One of the only movies I watch with Ashley Judd
by Anonymous | reply 51 | May 13, 2018 2:01 AM |
R51, is she your neighbor? Do you microwave popcorn together?
by Anonymous | reply 52 | May 13, 2018 2:03 AM |
Worth watching if you haven't seen it
by Anonymous | reply 53 | September 15, 2018 2:46 AM |
My favorite piece of entertainment by any Judd
by Anonymous | reply 54 | October 15, 2018 12:37 AM |
I checked out this movie before I moved to the Florida panhandle in 1998. The movie was authentic, it captured the panhandle very well.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | October 15, 2018 12:44 AM |
And may I add, it was the time that Ashley was at her freshest and prettiest.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | October 15, 2018 2:00 AM |
Datalounge Movie Night!
by Anonymous | reply 57 | August 10, 2019 3:54 AM |
Loved it! Saw it in Florida three times when it came out on VCR. Her other best movie is Bug with Michael Shannon.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | August 10, 2019 4:24 AM |
We just finished watching her as Val Kilmer’s wife in HEAT. (I suppose as young Val Kilmer’s wife I might be in heat, too.) She was very good. What’s that c r a z y one she did as the abused wife who gets revenge?
by Anonymous | reply 60 | August 18, 2019 2:53 AM |
Double Jeopardy?
by Anonymous | reply 61 | August 18, 2019 3:05 AM |
That’s it!
by Anonymous | reply 62 | August 18, 2019 3:07 AM |
Ashley's best moment
by Anonymous | reply 63 | February 29, 2020 4:24 AM |
Might as well watch this now. What else you have going on?
by Anonymous | reply 64 | May 21, 2020 2:47 AM |
One of the worst movies ever made.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | May 21, 2020 3:54 AM |
Watched it last night. It was all right. Fun watching Naomi from Mama’s Family in a different role.
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