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Virgil Bliss

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A drug addict (Kirsten Russell) and a parolee (Clint Jordan) who finds a job as a janitor try to turn their lives around.

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Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review BBC.com Rated: 4/5 Feb 26, 2003 Full Review Frank Scheck Hollywood Reporter An overly familiar scenario is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget, video-shot, debut indie effort. Jul 10, 2002 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com This film serves as absolute proof that miraculous, powerful films can be produced on even the smallest of budgets. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Sep 26, 2020 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 3.5/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Raw independent drama with great naturalistic performances. Rated: 4/5 Nov 7, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Virgil Bliss You rated this movie: 5 Rate 5 starsRate 4 starsRate 3 starsRate 2 starsRate 1 star . Saving Virgil Bliss You rated this movie: 5 Rate 5 starsRate 4 starsRate 3 starsRate 2 starsRate 1 star . Saving . I love Virgil Bliss. He can stay at my house. I love Ruby. She can't stay at my house. And Manny wouldn't get over the threshold -- even once. Brilliant film. I love Virgil Bliss. He can stay at my house. I love Ruby. She can't stay at my house. And Manny wouldn't get over the threshold -- even once. Brilliant film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Narrative feature. Low budget indie film. Really great acting. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Low budget, high art and realism in this film about a convict getting out after a decade. The film has an almost documentary feel to it. Virgil is my favorite anti-hero since Silence of the Lambs. The big lug tries so hard to be good, and actually follows through on it, once he's released from prison. He's a positive role model for his halfway house buddy, and love's his woman even though shes quite the wounded bird, and pecks. Virgil gets a job, has a stable residence, and is in a relationship. As he gets set up in his new life, we see glimpses of how VB wound up in prison in the first place, and in the last moments of the film find him in the same circumstances as the crime that got him put away. Will he make the same choice? Regardless, you will still root for Virgil. That's the beauty of this film. Its all about VB. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member What's called a gritty movie. Amazing performances by the lead actors playing deeply damaged people just trying to get by. Can't wait to see what else Maggio has done. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Virgil's naïveté isn't entirely believable, but his essential goodness is, thanks to a solid performance by Jordan, and that's really what makes this modern urban tragedy affecting. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A drug addict (Kirsten Russell) and a parolee (Clint Jordan) who finds a job as a janitor try to turn their lives around.
Director
Joe Maggio
Producer
Joe Maggio, John Maggio
Screenwriter
Joe Maggio
Production Co
Concrete Films, P-Kino
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 26, 2002
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.2K
Runtime
1h 34m