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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Evnad

26May12

Puerile.

Abby.

23May12

Captures the feeling of being a teenager perfectly.I could sympathize with the main characters. It has a certain vibe to it that I love. The soundtrack is perfect. Kirsten Dunst is luminous, and the rest of the cast is really good. Lachman's cinematography is gorgeous. I loved the Homecoming Dance scene.

Becca Quie

8Apr12

I LOVED Kirsten Dunst's performance in this movie, she and her mother were the only characters I was really interested in. She was so pivotal to the movie, I could sympathize with her and dreaded the end but I left feeling better than I did when I finished the book.