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Ruby's Choice
Australia 2022
produced by Michael Budd, Jessica Butland, Holly Brisley, Allison Berger, Bianca Wei, Owen George Glenn (executive) for Amazing People Pictures
directed by Michael Budd
starring Jane Seymour, Jacqueline McKenzie, Coco Jack Gillies, Stephen Hunter, Rory Potter, Brendan Donoghue, Kate Ryerson, Sebastian Thornton-Walker, Tim Omaji, Sylvana Vandertouw, Samm Ward, Nayan Sarkar, Daniel Martin, Michael Budd, Michal Monk, Barrie Gott, Nicole Pastor, Greg Eccleston, Celeste Loyzaga, Fletcher Watson, Craig Bourke, Akira Fujii, Sean Foster, Mike Duncan, Lee McKee, James Manche, Elanor Stankiewicz, Joe Brunetau, Rebecca Farrell
written by Paul Mahoney, music by Jamie Fonti
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Elderly Ruby's (Jane Seymour) memory hasn't been the best anymore of
late, but so far her daughter Sharon (Jacqheline McKenzie) has figured
she's perfectly capable of taking care of herself - until of course Ruby
burns down her house and almost dies in the fire. And since she has
nowhere else to go, Sharon, her husband Doug (Stephen Hunter) and their
daughter Tash (Coco Jack Gillies) take her in. And because they also have
to take in Doug's brother Ken (Brendan Donoghue), who's going through a
divorce, and his son Ned (Rory Potter), it's decided that Ruby will bunk
up in Tash's room, much to the dismay of the girl. After leaving her alone
in the house for a single day though, a day that results in utter chaos,
it's decided that Ruby can't be left on her own. But money's tight, and
both Sharon and Doug are working full time out of necessity, looking after
Ruby falls upon Tash, even if she has to be taken out of school for it,
and initially the girl is all but happy about this. But even though Ruby's
quite a handful due to her dementia, Tash manages to bond with her on a
deeper level before long, and she starts enjoying looking after Ruby. And
then one night, she learns from a confused Ruby a family secret that might
change everything ... Of course, Ruby's Choice does have its
tearjerker moments and isn't totally free of clichés, but overall it's a
pretty heartfelt movie that chooses understatement over exaggeration,
laces its very serious basic narrative with just the right dose of humour
to not overwhelm the audience with sadness, and a very subtle directorial
effort gives the story enough space to breathe. And Jane Seymour in the
title role gives a very fine performance, helped by a pretty strong
ensemble, with especially Coco Jack Gillies) lifting more than her own
weight, to help make this a very worthwhile movie.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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