The Story of Ruth (1960) Reviews

This movie is the first I've ever seen about Ruth and I will say that I loved watching this movie. The first half of the movie concerns her life in Moab and in the movie she was a priestess of the God Chemosh. She meets a young Jew and becomes very interested in him and this leads her to eventually leave Moab and marry him. He dies and instead of going back to Moab decides to accompany her mother-in-law back to the land of her birth. When she gets there she is treated with disdain for being a Moabitess, even though she's embraced the Jewish faith. She meets Boaz and their complicated relationship begins. The movie is a very nice one to watch the dramatization of the well known, but not told often enough story of Ruth, the woman whose line would eventually lead to Jesus. The movie was very well done in the spirit of the Book itself. I think the acting was very well done, the costumes fun and lively and the direction well done also. It's a keeper.
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If you truly read the book of Ruth in the bible, you will get the real story. It does reflect that Ruth was from Moab, married a Elimelech, was widowed and went to Israel, gleaned in the field of Boaz, married Boaz. All the stuff in between is pure Hollywood and much a stretch from actual biblical text. I challenge you to actually read the book of Ruth before seeing the movie.
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This is a great movie with all the old hollywood glamour. The actress in this film is gorgeous. The details about the customs of Moab are pretty accurate. It is a good movie to watch when you want to see an awesome love story. A story of redemption, faith and sisterhood.
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