Ruth & Boaz

2025

Action / Drama / Romance.

Plot summary

A talented singer leaves the Atlanta music scene and starts over in small-town Tennessee, where she finds love and new purpose but can’t escape the past.

Movie Reviews

7 / 10

Better than most

I have conflicting feelings about this movie. The positives are that it was well made, better film-making than a lot of hallmark and Christian movies, so I really appreciated that, or I would not have watched much of it. The actors were all fine to very good, just a few sub par. The story was interesting and kept my attention. The neutrals: not too aligned with the biblical story of Ruth, but a decent story nonetheless. Not sure where drinking and bars fit into a biblical theme. They did not make it at all clear why Ruth stuck with Naomi. Negatives: not sure why the plot veered off to music and that industry and characters, not a parallel in any way to the biblical story, to me. End rushed and a let down. Impact on Naomi and Boaz deserved a bit more time to work through. The marketing as “Ruth and Boaz” of course, drew me, and even though it did not live up to that promise, I enjoyed it for what it turned out to be. Some of the negative reviews here make strong points but didn’t bother me to the same extent. In the end, it is a good movie and enjoyable for an evening. That it is 100x better than most mediocre to junk on tv or at movies these days wins my thumbs up too.