Middle of Nowhere

2012

Drama

1
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 88% · 51 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 65% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 2065 2.1K

prison woman director

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Plot summary

When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus on her husband's well-being while he's incarcerated - leading her on a journey of self-discovery in the process.

Director

Ava DuVernay Photo
Ava DuVernay

Top cast

Craig Cole Photo
Craig Cole as Prison Guard
Omari Hardwick Photo
Omari Hardwick as Derek
Lorraine Toussaint Photo
Lorraine Toussaint as Ruth
Bob Rumnock Photo
Bob Rumnock as Dying Cancer Patient
720p.WEB
933.33 MB
1280*530
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 20

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by eurograd 6 / 10

It could work, but it didn't. The script is too slow.

It is always refreshing to see good indie movies exploring dark themes in a sensitive and almost lyric way. These are, incidentally, the two major strong points of this movie.There are many titles, some rather good ones, exploring incarceration an its effects on the person behind bars. Multiple angles and story lines are explored, almost always from the incarcerated point of view. 'Middle of Nowhere', instead, puts the focus on an accomplished young woman whose life hangs still when her young husband is incarcerated for a long term, and makes the movie about the effects of incarceration on people who are on the outside, supposedly free, but actually suffering by proxy a set of restrictions and struggles that derive from the fact that a loved one or in-law is not present. That is an interesting take on the subject.Nonetheless, the script is just too slow. There are several cogent reasons for a script to be slow, such as character development, parallel narratives - but none of them could possible justify it here. Thus, it becomes very difficult to keep paying attention on what the director had in mind as dozens of minutes are just fillers that, in turn, are juxtaposed with some pivotal scenes that are paradoxically too hurried up.
Reviewed by AlsExGal 8 / 10

Probably a realistic look at the difficulty of keeping families together during an incarceration

Reviewed by BlissQuest 8 / 10

Well executed

It's possible to tell a story about the so-called negative aspects of a culture without belittling the group or individuals involved. This is something directors, particularly of African descent, seem to be lacking, imo. In other words, if there's no brutality depicted , then it's "not capturing the rawness of reality" ...Ms DuVernay defies this false notion and I've noticed she has been stealthily doing so for quite a while now. I would be proud to call her my daughter, sister, or partner if I had such a relationship with her. unfortunately, I'll just have to settle for a proud, admiring fan. The lesson here: It's all about humanizing the characters, not trashing their existence, Well done!.
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