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  • 2012
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  • Entertainment One
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2012
  • R
  • Entertainment One
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary Virginia is a beautiful yet unhinged single mother who struggles to raise her son Emmett while dreaming of escaping her small Southern boardwalk town. Her long time affair with the very married, Mormon Sheriff Richard Tipton is thrown into question when he decides to run for public office. Things are further complicated when Emmett begin...

Directed By: Dustin Lance Black

Written By: Dustin Lance Black

  • 2012
  • R
  • Entertainment One
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2012
  • R
  • Entertainment One
  • 1 h 51 m

Virginia

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary Virginia is a beautiful yet unhinged single mother who struggles to raise her son Emmett while dreaming of escaping her small Southern boardwalk town. Her long time affair with the very married, Mormon Sheriff Richard Tipton is thrown into question when he decides to run for public office. Things are further complicated when Emmett begin...

Directed By: Dustin Lance Black

Written By: Dustin Lance Black

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58
May 25, 2012
Black seems to be aiming for some sort of loopy fantasia, a tragic fable about struggling with difference in the small-town South, but he's got more half-finished ideas than he can handle.
By Sam Adams FULL REVIEW
50
May 18, 2012
Black loses control of Virginia as it lurches from political satire to unintended black comedy to mom-and-son melodrama. But the performances and the movie's sheer crazy audacity make it watchable.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 7, 2012
A strong cast can't save Virginia.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
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May 15, 2012
It also serves to undercut fine performances by Connelly and Harris, whose choices are constantly destabilized by scripted swings between comedy and drama, realism and fantasy, genuine catharsis and indie-film ornamentation. Black's overactive melodrama is more than a representation of schizophrenia; it's the embodiment of it.
By Eric Hynes FULL REVIEW
38
May 14, 2012
Unfortunately, there's little sympathy granted to these people, and the revelation of their hidden vices comes across like an increasingly mean series of punchlines.
By Jesse Cataldo FULL REVIEW
30
May 15, 2012
A bonkers tragicomedy that blandly mocks the red-state family-values charade.
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May 17, 2012
With its soft jabs at hypocrisy and band-aid use of voiceover narration, Virginia is an excruciatingly slow train wreck.
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Production Company Killer Films, TicTock Studios
Release Date May 18, 2012
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating R
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Tagline The simple life... is rarely simple.
Website http://www.facebook.com/VirginiaMovie
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