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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by LadyKrysiz1

Get there or find out the movie is SOLD OUT!!!! This movie make you rethink your past, present and future choices. Loved Ruby! Go see it and bring 3 friends!...

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by matylady

Excellent. Artfully done with powerful performances. Subtle scenes that invoke so much emotion. I couldn't stop thinking about it for hours after. It's a must see. Let's give it some love,...

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by dobanion684

I thought the movie was very good. The story was not a feel good story so don't expect a Hollywood feel good ending. The film by Ava DuVernay is about a young med student and her incarcerated...

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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."