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The Virgin Suicides, 1999
English
USA
Profile of The Virgin Suicides
The mood of The Virgin Suicides is disturbing, bittersweet, and emotional. The plot centers around suburban life, a death in the family, and a dysfunctional family. It is a drama, independent, and period movie. Stylistically, The Virgin Suicides includes a voice over. In approach, it is realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in the suburbs and at a high school. The Virgin Suicides happens in the 20th century. The musical score is electronica and pop. It is based on a book. The Virgin Suicides is known for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. It is especially suggested for a girls' night. Note that it includes sexual content.
Summary of The Virgin Suicides
Based on the 1993 novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides tells the dreamlike tale of the Lisbons, a family living in a sheltered 1970s suburbia. When Cecilia (Hannah Hall), the youngest of the five teenage Lisbon daughters, inexplicably commits suicide, the rest of the family--Mr. Lisbon (James Woods), an awkward high school math teacher; Mrs. Lisbon (Kathleen Turner), a stern, humorless housewife; and the four remaining sisters: Lux (Kirsten Dunst), Bonnie (Chelse Swain), Mary (A.J. Cook), and Therese (Leslie Hayman)--recedes into a morbid cloud of repression and denial. As the girls are forced to retreat from everyday life by their conservative mother, they become the subject of fascination for a group of neighborhood boys, who narrate the story and hope to rescue the girls from their listless confinement.
The first feature by director-screenwriter Sofia Coppola (Francis Ford Coppola's daughter), The Virgin Suicides is a mesmerizingly atmospheric film that perfectly captures both the moody tone of the book and the light-saturated feel of the 1970s. Dunst gives a standout performance as the promiscuous Lux, who becomes the sole obsession of high school ladies' man Trip Fontaine (Josh Hartnett). The movie also includes cameos by Danny DeVito and Scott Glenn. In addition to songs by Heart and Todd Rundgren, the film features an evocative score by the French duo Air.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | January 2000 |
| Runtime: | 97 min |
Cast and Crew
as Mr. Lisbon
as Mrs. Lisbon
as Lux Lisbon
as Trip Fontaine
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Critics Reviews
Film.com
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- by: Elizabeth Weitzman
Salon.com
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- by: Stephanie Zacharek
Users Reviews
- 16.February.2012
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- by: Fluffymonkeyem
- Fluffymonkeyem rated this movie6/10Okay
- 10.January.2011
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- by: Netflowers
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