Sometimes we are caught between two selves; an old, comfortable self that wants so desperately to hold on and an alive, but scared new us waiting to burst out.
The other night I went to see the highly praised (Sundance awarded, Oprah approved) Middle of Nowhere from director Ava DuVernay. Shot through a lush palette of rose colored scenes, DuVernay tells the story of Ruby, a woman married to a man in prison and caught between the life she has on pause and pressing play.
Watching Middle of Nowhere is like taking a walk in someone else’s shoes. Wearing Ruby’s determined and loving shoes we learn, as she does, that while the destination may not be clear, sometimes we have to finish the journey all by ourselves. Ruby vacillates between loyalty to her husband and the loneliness of reality and ultimately chooses a path of her own making.
Captivating and emotional, you will be brought into Ruby’s world, one that is rife with the complications of love, life and the unknown.
Go see Middle of Nowhere, open in select cities now. I highly recommend it.
Thank you for this review. I have a love/hate relationship with Sundance Films. I can’t choose them based on the back covers, because they are always promising a fun and amusing ride, and I end up sobbing through them, hating the endings, and being so mad that I fell for the false advertisement on the back once again. I can tell by your review that this movie may cause the same reactions, but I can also tell that it will be moving and will cause me to think and imagine what it might be like to have to make decisions that I will likely never be forced to make. It may hit too close to home on many levels, but at the same time you have made it very clear what kind of movie I’m in for if I choose to watch it. And choose it I may, just to see what I think. I like movies that make me think, but I don’t like to be told I’m going to laugh, when I’m really going to cry.