The Virgin Suicides

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The Virgin Suicides

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1999

1h 37m

Drama

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In an ordinary suburban house, on a lovely tree-lined street, in the middle of 1970s America, lived the five beautiful, dreamy Lisbon sisters, whose doomed fates indelibly marked the neighborhood boys who to this day continue to obsess over them. A story of love and repression, fantasy and terror, sex and death, memory and longing. It is at its core a mystery story: a heart-rending investigation into the impenetrable, life-altering secrets of American adolescence.

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Critics Consensus

The Virgin Suicides drifts with a dreamlike melancholy that may strike some audiences as tedious, but Sofia Coppola's feature debut is a mature meditation on disaffected youth.

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Sophie Mackintosh

New Statesman

07/26/2023

The film’s visual style is not in thrall to aestheticised despair, but best understood as an appreciation of the Lisbon girls themselves, a celebration of their lives, fairly unremarkable until they are not.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

03/27/2023

4/5

And yet a film set in suburban Michigan in 1975, about a quintet of teenage pre-Raphaelite enigmas who take their own lives, somehow remains dreamy and beguiling.

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Roxana Hadadi

Crooked Marquee

05/09/2020

The Virgin Suicides offers a glimpse into the murky unknowability of adolescence, and its legacy is tied to the portraits of femininity with which Sofia Coppola has crafted her filmography.

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Chance Solem-Pfeifer

Willamette Week

Jun 11

Somewhere around The Virgin Suicides’ third mesmeric close-up of Kirsten Dunst’s teeth and eyelashes you realize these alluring compositions impart so little understanding of Lux Lisbon that we might as well be watching her from across the street.

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Kristy Strouse

Cinematic Lovelies

07/16/2023

With an impeccable cast and an assured vision from Sofia Coppola, The Virgin Suicides is an indelible cinematic landmark.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

03/20/2023

Sofia Coppola’s first (and still best) feature...

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Manuela P

@RT71932175 Jun 29

Obviously, a boy will never truly know what it's like to be a thirteen-year-old girl, and I think the film subtly shows what it's like to be one—but only through the boys' perspective. Because of that, we'll never really know how the girls actually felt. I really love this movie because so many films portray depression in a very superficial way. Here, we see how the sisters deal with the grief of losing their younger sister and the overwhelming loneliness that follows. The atmosphere of emotional neglect surrounding them makes you feel so much compassion for the girls. Sofia Coppola made an impeccable feature film debut with this movie. She perfectly captures the feeling of loneliness as seen through the eyes of people watching someone struggle with depression, while also showing how impossible it is to truly understand what that person is going through. For this reasons i recommend this film, because its perfect and i hope some other people can watch

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Esteban C

@RT03454761 Jun 21

obviously i’ve never been a thirteen year old girl, but this movie made me feel things. i think it was perfect for what it was. a coming of age film about girlhood. the contrast between girl and boy groups in their teens. strict parents (the fucking worst). it touched sensitive topics like depression and grief (and ofc suicide) with the perfect amount of importance but at the same time a nonchalant attitude only teenagers can understand. i think sofia coppola’s debut couldn’t have been more perfect, this is an absolute cult classic and i can’t believe i didn’t watch this sooner. this movie fucking rocks!!!

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willow M.

@plkaxdot Jun 13

favorite movie oat and relatable

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Tim M

@tgmacman Jun 11

Sofia Coppola proves an enigmatic storyteller in her directorial debut, but The Virgin Suicides remains a measured peek into the teen girl mind all the same.

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Briana I.

@Anaire May 26

I found this movie to very boring and though it had depth it felt empty at the same time. I can't understand or relate to this in any capacity and kept waiting for it to get good. Very weird film.

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Gus L

@RT25340737 Apr 14

I guess they just couldn't be bothered to figure out the ending.

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In an ordinary suburban house, on a lovely tree-lined street, in the middle of 1970s America, lived the five beautiful, dreamy Lisbon sisters, whose doomed fates indelibly marked the neighborhood boys who to this day continue to obsess over them. A story of love and repression, fantasy and terror, sex and death, memory and longing. It is at its core a mystery story: a heart-rending investigation into the impenetrable, life-altering secrets of American adolescence.

Director: Sofia Coppola
Producer: Francis Ford Coppola, Julie Costanzo, Dan Halsted, Chris Hanley
Screenwriter: Sofia Coppola, Jeffrey Eugenides
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Muse Productions, Eternity Productions, American Zoetrope
Rating: R (Thematic Elements)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 12, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 21, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.9M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Surround