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The Virgin Suicides

1999 Directed by Sofia Coppola

Beautiful, mysterious, haunting, invariably fatal. Just like life.

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

Kirsten Dunst James Woods Kathleen Turner A.J. Cook Leslie Hayman Hanna Hall Chelse Swain Josh Hartnett Michael Paré Jonathan Tucker Noah "40" Shebib Anthony DeSimone Lee Kagan Scott Glenn Danny DeVito Robert Schwartzman Hayden Christensen Kristin Fairlie Giovanni Ribisi Joe Dinicol

Alternative Titles

The Virgin Suicides – Das Geheimnis ihres Todes, Il Giardino delle Vergini Suicide, The Virgin Suicides - Verlorene Jugend, The Virgin Suicides - Verlorene Jugend Unvergessen, 처녀 자살 소동, As Virgens Suicídas

drama romance

97 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

Popular reviews

Review by Anna ★★ 5

tag yourselves i'm the virgins that committed suicide
Review by brat pitt ★★★★½ 5

the only thing that would've made this suicide squad better is margot robbie
Review by robyn ★★★★★ 2

Do you have a film that makes you so happy but so completely sad at the same time? Because this film, this hazy and soft and sparkly film is mine.
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★ 5

78

So impenetrable, sleepy, unsettling and fierce. For me, it isn't really a question of why the Lisbon sisters do what they do, but why so many people look at them with confusion, mystery, and detachment in their mind and fantasies. Why does Trip leave the football field that night, exactly? It certainly isn't post-sex ennui. Rather, it stems from the male dominance refusing to come to terms with someone complex, someone who needs not to be judged but simply understood as another person, in all their flaws and fuzzy grey areas. The only constant, real-life individuals are the Lisbon sisters - everyone else is attempting to enter a dream-world that doesn't exist, suddenly being given consequences to their elusive actions.
Review by mia ★★★★ 3

i really wanna meet kirsten dunst just so i can ask her what's her secret to make all the guys go crazy.
i mean she did date jake gyllenhaal so she's legit
Review by Daniel ★★★★½

One of the most predominantly memorable, yet overlooked shots in Sofia Coppola's 1999 masterpiece is a shot of a Japanese parasol next to Cecilia during her first attempted suicide. A parasol from a culture with the highest suicide rate of all time, where an act which seems cowardly or immature in other societies is seen culturally as an act of honor.

The Lisbon girls are but shadows. Their faces once remembered vividly by the neighborhood boys are almost completely diminished. All that's left if the mysteriously beautiful times they shared before a future was lost.

Just like their very own tree on their front lawn, the Lisbon girls appear normal but are extremely sick. The comprehension of the surrounding citizens…

Recent reviews

Review by adampp98 ★★★½

The 70s aesthetic to this film is really beautiful. The chemistry between the main high school couple was amazing. The soundtrack was dope.
Review by Robert Piar Pohlmann ★★★★★

The music is alone a work of art in itself!
Review by Lotus ★★★★

Soft, warm, and gentle, yet course, cold, and confusing. This movie is a banger.
Review by Oedipuss Wrecks ★★½

I've just never been on the same wavelength as Sofia.
Review by sophie ★★★★½

alone again ~~naturally~~
Review by annies ★★★½

sad girl summer
Review by hamilton ★★★★

more like the blurgeon suicides
Review by Niko Walker ★★★½

It really be like that sometimes. This movie inspired me, ✌
Review by rachel ★★★½

great costumes