Customer Reviews

The Book Of Ruth

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

The movie "Book of Ruth" is very good overall....and mostly follows the Biblical story line, though it's a B-rated type film (you know...acting is good by some, not all people involved, money is tight for the budget, etc...). We added Book of Ruth to our Biblical collection, because it's close to the Biblical account and doesn't put so many innacuries into your head.

HOWEVER, the "Story of Ruth" film also sold is something we tried from library before deciding to buy and WOULDN'T BUY IT. Oy! It's purely made up, full of errors according to the Biblical book of Ruth. So buy this film here, NOT the other one!

It is not to often that you find a movie based on a bible character to be quality and extremely well written, for The Book of Ruth it excels on both accounts. The story of Ruth will capture your heart like never before with a superb performance by Sherry Morris. It was great to see her character interact with Boaz played by Carman and share some amazing chemistry on screen. If you are a fan of the biblically account of Ruth or if you enjoy a classic story of romance and redemption, The Book Of Ruth won't disappoint.

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There are several movies made around the story of Ruth in the Bible. This one is the most accurate and is well put together for the limited budget it was created from. You will thoroughly enjoy this movie!

This movie should have been a breeze for even the worst of Film Directors. Stephen Patrick Walker was both Director and assistant in screenwriting. He needs to consider a career in gardening instead of directing. Naomi is too "sweetsie" throughout the movie, never demonstrating the true biblical character who struggled with bitterness to the point of renaming herself "Mara," which means bitter.

Carman typically is a fair to good actor, but the screenplay falls short of the dynamic true character of the real Boaz from the Bible, who was both noble and wise. One scene depicts Boaz and a friend drunk, discussing a potential woman for his buddy to "hit on." It's more like a sleezy scene in a bar rathe than a man delightfully attracted to a woman. Pathetically written, directed and produced. No chemistry between actors. Shame; it could have been wonderful.

The only way I can understand the 4-star average review this movie had at the time I received it as a gift is by believing friends and family members of the actors left the reviews.

When one of the comments said it was low production quality I thought they meant like the other bible series movies are (because in comparison to Hollywood, they are lower and more cheesy), but this was VERY low production quality (sound levels going up and down, extended musical interludes that felt like they were there because no one could come up with dialogue etc), the acting in general was amateurish and stiff, and the casting and make-up in some cases was way off (Ruth's birth mother looked like she'd had botox in her lips and had on a full face of 21 century make-up, another actress had what sounded like a New York accent).

Again, I say all this not to make you NOT see this, but rather to go in with your expectations set. I went in expecting a LOT more and so was disappointed. I will likely watch it again now knowing what to expect and will probably enjoy it more.

Several reviewers said this was the most accurate movie of the story of Ruth, I agree that's probably true, but that's not really saying much given the other options. Frankly, although I almost always prefer a movie to a book, next time I'll read Unshaken: Ruth (The Lineage of Grace Series #3) - perhaps one day someone will make THAT into a movie :)

This film followed the Biblical story well but the acting and production quality were very low. I almost couldn't watch the whole thing. I don't want to be critical of a Christian film but I highly recommend renting this before you buy it.

Ruth is such a beautiful story and could be such a great movie, such as One Night with the King about Esther. This was poorly done. I am sorry I spent the money on it. I was so looking forward to it.

I really wanted to like this movie. I knew it was a lower budget productiuon and I also understand that the short book of Ruth isn't much material to make a full length movie. And to be fair, they did a good job of not straying too far from the Biblical text.

However, the acting is weak and the script worse, really bad at points. Dan Haggerty is the only one who can deliver a line and he has just a few. The characters all look like the came from Iowa, not the Middle East. Little things like all the clothes looking brand new and clean make it look more like a Sunday school play than a modern period piece.

With a little better directing and a few different actors, this could have been pretty good. Don't expect too much and you won't be too disappointed.

Although the story of Ruth (and Boaz) has a flavor of a love story, it was not included in the Bible cannon for that purpose. 2 Tim. 3:16 tells us that "All scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching . . ." and what do we glean from the book of Ruth? It's not the lesson of a drunken, wealthy party-goer who sees a foreign woman and decides she's his next love interest. The entire story is a living example of how the "repurchaser" (Messiah - Jesus Christ) played by the real-life individual Boaz, would put away selfish interests and buy back the world of mankind from its hopeless situation that Adam had placed mankind in. The allegedly religious "technical advisor" must have been absent throughout the scripting and filming of this poorly done excuse for cinematography. To so completely miss the main point of the story of Ruth is like describing the Louvre Museum in Paris as a place that has a bunch of paintings and old stuff. What a sad disservice to the Creator, and a sad reflection on this movie's producers and "technical staff".

This video was good as far as Biblical accuracy but it is "cheesy" at best. The actresses could have, at least, attempted to look more historically accurate. It was very distracting to see Naomi wearing nail polish! I'd like to see it re-made to be more authentic. Pull back the bangs, get some wigs and wash off the makeup ladies! I wouldn't mind so much if it cost less to purchase but it costs just as much as the professional videos.