Middle of Nowhere

Get Showtimes + Tickets

  • 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

What's the Buzz?

Must Go!
Fans say Must Go!
437 fans
Read fan reviews
Go
Critics say Go
75 out of 100
Read critic reviews

Fan Reviews

Must Go!
Middle of Nowhere Excellence!

by MissCozier

This movie is truly amazing. Ava Duverney is clearly a dedicated artist with an eye for scene development. Every single scene was crafted perfectly. This movie is truly enjoyable. It is...

Go
Pretty Darn Good

by

This was a classic love triangle story, but the main character Ruby had more power than in usual stories of this nature. She was the master of her own destiny. At first I rooted for her original...

Must Go!
Middle of Nowhere

by DCFilmmaker

Ava DuVernay did a superb job of keeping you on the edge of your seat. This taut drama was buoyed by strong performances by the entire cast and masterfully lensed by Brad Young. I've got to see it...

Read more fan reviews

Critic Reviews

88
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

83
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

75
Slant Magazine
|

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

75
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

Read more critic reviews

Offers

Photos

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