The Virgin Suicides

2000

1h 37m

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7.1/10

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Romance

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

Directors

Sofia Coppola

Writers

Jeffrey Eugenides(novel by)

Sofia Coppola(screenplay by)

Stars

Kirsten Dunst

Josh Hartnett

James Woods

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Top cast

Lux Lisbon

Trip Fontaine

Mr. Lisbon

Mrs. Lisbon

Adult Trip Fontaine

Mary Lisbon

Cecilia Lisbon

Therese Lisbon

Bonnie Lisbon

Narrator (voice)

Chase Buell

David Barker

Paul Baldino

Parkie Denton

Tim Weiner

Father Moody

Dr. Horniker

Jake Hill Conley

Directors

Sofia Coppola

Writers

Jeffrey Eugenides(novel by)

Sofia Coppola(screenplay by)

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Set amidst 1970s Detroit suburbia, this follows the ultimately tragic lives of five sisters who live with their teacher father (James Woods) and rather possessive mother (Kathleen Turner). It's narrated by one of their neighbours, a youth whom - along with his friends - has a bit of a crush on the girls. Disaster strikes early on when "Cecilia" manages to impale herself on the garden fence and what now ensues follows the family's quirkily poignant and entertaining evolution from this event. Things eventually come to an head when the girls plead with their parents to be allowed to go to a school dance whereupon "Lux" (Kirsten Dunst) and her all-American boyfriend "Trip" (Josh Hartnett) do the deed! Arriving home late, and alone, this causes ructions within the family and drives the young girl off the rails with ghastly consequences. There's a lot of nuance here. The performances from Turner, Dunst and a rather under-stated one from an increasingly effective Woods all help build this to a conclusion that is sadly, in my view, all a bit rushed. The effects of the isolation and loneliness on the all-but-incarcerated girls is there for us to see, but not really to appreciate fully enough and I felt that a shame. There is also quite a potent aesthetic here - the visuals offer us a subtle reinforcement of stereotype, ageing, maturity, comedy and indifference and I could have done with some meat on the bones of the actual story, the film gets better after each viewing.

Geronimo196706 Aug, 2023