The Virgin Suicides

United States

1999

97 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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PROD Francis Ford Coppola, Julie Costanzo, Dan Halsted, Chris Hanley

SCR Sofia Coppola, Jeffrey Eugenides

CAST James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Danny DeVito, Josh Hartnett, Scott Glenn, Michael Paré, A.J. Cook, Hanna Hall, Leslie Hayman, Chelse Swain, Giovanni Ribisi, Jonathan Tucker, Hayden Christensen

MUSIC Air

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), Sundance (Premieres), San Francisco (Opening Night), London

Synopsis

A dark comedy punctuated by moments of drama, The Virgin Suicides explores the emotional underpinnings of a family starting to come apart at the seams in 1970’s Midwestern America. The Lisbons seem like an ordinary enough family; Father (James Woods) teaches math at a high school in Michigan, Mother (Kathleen Turner) has a strong religious faith, and they have five teenage daughters, ranging from 13-year-old Cecilia (Hannah Hall) to 17-year-old Therese (Leslie Hayman). However, the Lisbon family’s sense of normalcy is shattered when Cecilia falls into a deep depression and attempts suicide… –amctv.com

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Zachary George Najarian-Najafi

14Jan12

My opinion on this wavered between beautiful, lyrical and atmospheric period piec pedantic hipster bullshit. Perhaps it's both. I love the way Coppola captured the era, with its tacky wood paneling and ELO-infused soundtrack but at the same time it felt too simplistic and too obviously a period piece. It was so hypnotic but at times I saw myself seeing through it. I need to read the novel.