Rubi

I was rivited to the screen when I watched Rubi as a telenovela, but missed numerous episodes. When the last one was to be shown, my cable service went out and I called customer service and explained that it was the last episode of Rubi, and the rep totally understood and had it fixed by 8 p.m. My friends also whispered that they were hooked. So I jumped at the opportunity to order this DVD set. Unfortunatley, it came in a sealed package missing the first disk! So I didn't see the early episodes and am still at a loss as to how the plot was set up. Nevertheless, Rubi is the Mexican telenovela at its finest. It has all the elements: hot, evil, manipulative beauties (Rubi); sweet, suffering, pious pretty virgins (Maribel); guys easily led by the you-know-whats by hot women (Alejandro); and handsome but sleazy business "socios." You can't keep your eyes off Barbara Mora. She is amazing in this.

I previously reviewed this but my review got dropped somehow. I want to vote again to give it top stars partly because it is one of the very best novelas out there. Low scores reflect gripes about the editing. But, I mean, really, 3 full discos is enough already.The series is a remake of an older Rubi. The plot is as unbelievable as you could want. The acting is fun, earnest, with lots of really bad stuff from Rubi--played by Barbara Mori who is obviously having a blast. Bracamontes is perfect as the good one. The males leads are...well, I have forgotten them all.Mori and Bracamontes were so appealing that I have watched several other of their later works--all good but none better than this, the perfect vehicle for both.

Rubi has looks men admire and women envy. Her ambitions are high, but dangerous. She will use her beauty and cunning desire to get whatever she wants. There is of course Alejandro who is the love of her life, but even he is pushed aside as she aims for her dreams of grandeur. Will she ever come to her sense or keep pushing until she falls over?Barbara Mori excels as Rubi and really brings her to life. She makes you hate her and want her at once. The supporting cast too is excellent, but Rubi is the star just like she would like it. One of the better telenovelas recently made, you will be hooked by the first episode.Great stuff!

Loved it, good story, good acting. If I have one criticism it's that the editing is very jumpy, they are trying to condense a year long telenovela into a few discs

I am disappointed because of the many cuts they made in comparison to the TV episodes that have been aired.(I am from Germany, and the first few episodes were running on German TV "RTL" but then they were suddenly cancelled, but these episodes that they actually aired were un-cut.)So I bought this DVD to see all of "Rubi". It's a pity it is cut. I'd like the un-cut version. I hope it will be released one day. I cannot get enough of "Rubi", my favourite telenovela.I would have liked Spanish subtitles and German subtitles, in my case. Watch out: English subtitles only on this DVD! And the language the DVD's are in are Spanish.By the way: if you'd like to see Rubi as an uncut version in German language, you can still watch it on "rtlnow" at the moment, too.But it's very expensive, to view all the episodes there. I like Rubi's original voice better than the German synchronization.

Rubi was very interesting. I really liked Eduardo Santamarina , who played the Dr. Aleandro. He is an excellent actor. Everyone in the novela was good, however , Barbara Mori is not a great actress. Her character is never really developed , other than she's a gold digger. I felt let down at the end, she deserved something really bad for all the things she did. It's not a good ending. But her character is so evil , sh's so bad, it's sort of funny. But I really love the scene near the finale, when Aleandro tells Rubi he's in love with Maribel, and tells Rubi he's never going back to her ever. Rubi was overall very enjoyable for me . I really love Yadhira Carillo, she was awesome!

Best novela ever! I’m thankful that I found the dvd. I couldn’t find it on any other platform.

this will be a classic DVD because this story is one of the very best. I would say all the love to know world of Spanish operas., above all, it was very interesting watching this DVD.