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- 2000
- R
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- 1 h 37 m
- 2000
- R
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- 1 h 37 m
Summary After the suicide death of their youngest sister, the surviving daughters of the Lisbon family descend into a deep melancholy and eventually become isolated socially and physically by their parents (Woods, Turner) within their small-town Michigan house. Their only contact with the outside world is a group of neighborhood boys who become...
Directed By: Sofia Coppola
Written By: Jeffrey Eugenides, Sofia Coppola
- 2000
- R
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- 1 h 37 m
- 2000
- R
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- 1 h 37 m
The Virgin Suicides
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7.7
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Summary After the suicide death of their youngest sister, the surviving daughters of the Lisbon family descend into a deep melancholy and eventually become isolated socially and physically by their parents (Woods, Turner) within their small-town Michigan house. Their only contact with the outside world is a group of neighborhood boys who become...
Directed By: Sofia Coppola
Written By: Jeffrey Eugenides, Sofia Coppola
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
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77% Positive
24 Reviews
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23% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
77
77% Positive
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
23% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It's hard to remember a film that mixes disparate, delicate ingredients with the subtlety and virtuosity of Sofia Coppola's brilliant The Virgin Suicides.
(Coppola) connects with the essential purity of Eugenides' story, stripping it down to its bare essentials and cutting straight to everything that's wonderful about it.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 127 User Ratings
7.7
83% Positive
106 Ratings
106 Ratings
15% Mixed
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
2% Negative
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2 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 127 User Ratings
7.7
83% Positive
106 Ratings
106 Ratings
15% Mixed
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
2% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
This film stays with me during my toughest times. Touching and thought-provoking story of five teen girls, living in the 1970s in Michigan from the perspective of their neighbours. Colors, acting and soundtrack - for me they are the TOP3 of the movie. They help with creating the worrisome air during the showing. If you like movies about emotions and changes and also you value the esoteric climate - "The Virgin Suicides" should be perfect choice. Sofia Coppola didn't defeat. Big respect towards her for choosing real teenage girls and boys!
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Great aesthetics, soundtrack and directing. A great adaptation of the peculiar style of the book
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It's quite funny, though not in a predictably irreverent way, and it moves along briskly - a little too briskly toward the end.
In contrast to big-screen bummers we see every week, this movie conveys genuine sorrow.
Humor prevails throughout, but it doesn't deflate the disturbing elements of the tale, which miraculously manages to stay droll, heartfelt and poignant to the end.
While not exactly a cop-out, Virgin may leave some viewers who crave traditional closure with the same hollow ache described by the narrator as follows: "What lingered after them was not life but the most trivial list of mundane facts."
Sofia Coppola, who's directed the film from her own screenplay, narrowly misses making the story work on the screen.
In Sophia Coppola's directorial debut we are witness to a series of tragic events that take place in a quiet suburban neighborhood in the 1970s. Based on the spectacular book by Jeffrey Eugenides, and featuring the music of Air, this movie is perfection. It is a hauntingly beautiful depiction of young love and the pains of **** expectations.
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the movie is supposed to make you feel unsatisfied and empty.
viewers end up feeling exactly like the neighbourhood boys, and like the girls
its genius and haunting..
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Textured coming of age morbid teen drama fails to fully make use of the talented cast and great soundtrack beyond anything average. Somehow the short runtime drags it's heels due to the poor pacing and the screenplay never really explores the deeper themes of psychological trauma that drives the characters to the titular suicide pact. Definitely worth a watch if you're a fan of this genre.
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Distinctly Sofia Coppolian, The Virgin Suicides is bleak and tragic. Occasionally funny--the film is one that will stick with its viewers. You'll understand why.
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Awards
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
• 5 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Casting Society of America, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
