Middle of Nowhere

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  • Opened October 12, 2012 (Limited)
  • 1 hr 41 min
  • R | Some language
  • What happens when love takes you places you never thought you'd go? Winner of the Best Director Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE chronicles a young woman caught between two worlds and two men in the search for herself. Ruby, a bright medical student, sets aside her dreams when her husband is incarcerated. This new life challenges her to the very core, and her turbulent path propels her in new, often frightening directions of self-discovery. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Emayatzy Corinealdi, David Oyelowo, Omari Hardwick, Lorraine Toussaint, Edwina Findley
  • Director: Ava DuVernay
  • Genres: Drama, Romance

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Middle of Nowhere

by koolkoolkev

Beautifully shot, with characters that were real life (by that I mean that they were faced with choices that didn't come with easy answers). One of the best movies I've seen in a long time. A welcome...

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by moviepersoa

Middle of Nowhere grabbed me from the beginning, I became totally absorbed in the story. The director did a superb job, her Sundance Award was well deserved. All of the actors were believable and...

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Middle of Nowhere

by msjac908

I did like the film because it's a situation that happens in real life. People have and are currently experiencing the same issues. I recognized the actress that played the mother from other movies....

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Carrie Rickey

DuVernay, a low-key director sparing in her use of emotion and music, has made an existential drama that is European in its feel. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

This is a tough-minded story of change that happens in almost imperceptibly tiny increments - as true growth so often does in reality. Read full review

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Slant Magazine
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In a cinema landscape where the representation of the black female experience is most visibly explored through the modes of outlandish comedy, unironic melodrama, or not at all, Ava DuVernay's take is a decidedly refreshing one. Read full review

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
| Rick Groen

Sometimes, the quiet lyricism of DuVernay’s direction seems at odds with the grittiness of the subject matter, like poetry force-fed into prose. Read full review

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Omari Hardwick as Derek and Emayatzy Corinealdi as Ruby in "Middle of Nowhere."