The Virgin Suicides

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The Virgin Suicides

R

Released May 12, 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

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.

Jul 26, 2023

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

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.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 27, 2023

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Roxana Hadadi

Crooked Marquee

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.

May 9, 2020

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Kristy Strouse

Cinematic Lovelies

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

Jul 16, 2023

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

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

Mar 20, 2023

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Brian Susbielles

InSession Film

It was a tone-setter for Coppola in paving her own path as a director.

Feb 22, 2023

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Micaela M

Such an interesting compelling story being told in this film. This is a movie you kind of just have to watch and experience rather than read reviews to see if you'll like it or not. Very emotionally intense

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/25

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Nick G

This hypnotic film feels like youth exactly the way you remember it. It moves too slow and is full of longing and anticipation. It sounds, looks, and moves like nostalgia. But like all the good times, it's fleeting and punctuated with pain and consequential mistakes. A lovely and beguiling tale of privilege failing to protect youth and innocence.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/25

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Nazya Derin K

Sofia Coppola has done an excellent job cinematographically. There is almost no difference between the book and the movie, there is no originality, but this does not change the movie in a bad way in any way, on the contrary, it helps us understand the Lisbon sisters better.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/20/24

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Fabrícia F

Imersão profunda nos dramas que permeiam a juventude norte-americana da década de setenta, sob a perspectiva de cinco jovens adolescentes que despertam o fascínio da vizinhança e evocam mistério no imaginário masculino dos garotos.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/08/24

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julie b

Hazy, summery, yet something hypnotic and haunting. Impressive to be able to create suspense and mystery around a story where you know the ending right from the start, the soundtrack is perfect, and the way the story is told and why is very interesting to reflect on. I appreciated the length but at the same time it left me wanting more; I can see this being something I rewatch multiple times. “You’re not even old enough to know how bad life gets”

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/19/24

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Mason M

The Virgin Suicides is an interesting film that I'm not sure how I feel about. Certain films can kind of have this kind of unique, dream-like atmosphere, such as La La Land or Persona that make them hard to know how I feel about it. The Virgin Suicides doesn't give us many answers, and relies mostly on that atmosphere, but is done very well. It's been half a year since I saw this, and I still can't figure out the meaning of the ending.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/10/24

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Synopsis

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: American Zoetrope, Muse Productions, Eternity Productions
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

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