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A troubled single mother (Jennifer Connelly) carries on an affair with a married sheriff (Ed Harris) and struggles to raise her son in their small-minded town.
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Brave, autobiographical, but also completely off the mark, Virginia is a frantic drama that fails to pull the viewer in.

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Jason Bailey DVDTalk.com It's a hard picture to pin down--it has the raw materials for a big, dumb farce, but it stakes out a claim in altogether more interesting territory. Apr 9, 2016 Full Review AV Club Rated: C+ Jun 15, 2012 Full Review Bill Goodykoontz Arizona Republic A strong cast can't save "Virginia," Dustin Lance Black's film about a schizophrenic mom in a small Virginia beach town. Rated: 2/5 Jun 7, 2012 Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Dustin Lance Black shows us that it is truly is the simple things in life that are often the most wonderful...just like Virginia. Nov 26, 2019 Full Review Tara Thorne The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) It's not funny, it's not charming and it's only clear it's set in modern day when a character mentions the internet. Nov 17, 2018 Full Review Fred Topel CraveOnline Sensitive about characters exploring this culture and the conversations they must have trying to figure out relationships. It's not ridiculing or condescending at all. Rated: 6 out of 10 May 26, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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Blu B This movies climax is just insane and filled with bizarre scenes from Connelly wearing a gorilla mask robbing a bank in high heels to a paper bagged hostage mormon. Everything else is just subpar about it. The cinematography isn't well done and really feels very amateurish on top of just bizarre scenes. he worst part about this is it never really ties the 3 main story lines together. The coming of age, affair, and melodrama never comes together in a cohseive way and jumps around terribly at times as these character never really share much screen time together. It's very hard to tell you what the central message or focus is of these stories or believe them because it just isn't executed that well either. Connelly is alright and has her moments but every else is ok enough perfromance wise but the characters make some dumb and hard to understand choices that weigh it down. No one really has much chemsitry. The music also just is playing feels like it's the same track over and over low key in the back and isn't good. Skip This. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/09/24 Full Review Audience Member Astoundingly bad. Really, just one of the worst. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member It's always difficult to portray mental illness but the mixture of comedy and violence in this movie totally confused the issue Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Virginia is kind of all over the place that doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. But Jennifer Connelly is so good here, so it was worth watching, I guess. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Canned A Little Harshly By Critics, I Did Not Think This Was Too Terrible. The Two Leads Do Well &'A Rag-Tag Array Of Minor Roles Keep It Interesting. I Drifted Along With The Story, Not Fighting To Find A Deeper Meaning, It Gad Similarities To Other Quirky Films, Which Are Probably Better Examples, But As I Said, This Isn't Too Bad. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review yash b A bizarre movie that is hardly entertaining, it's mostly just really awkward, There was potential with the concept here, but unfortunately it is just a big mess that is neither effective with its humor or dramatic elements. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A troubled single mother (Jennifer Connelly) carries on an affair with a married sheriff (Ed Harris) and struggles to raise her son in their small-minded town.
Director
Dustin Lance Black
Producer
Christine Vachon, Hopwood DePree, Scott J. Brooks
Screenwriter
Dustin Lance Black
Distributor
Entertainment One
Production Co
Killer Films, TicTock Studios
Rating
R (Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 18, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 21, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.9K
Runtime
1h 56m
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