rottentomatoes.com

The Virgin Suicides | Rotten Tomatoes

  • ️Wed May 12 1999
Where to Watch What to Know Reviews Cast & Crew More Like This Videos Photos Media Info
Critics Consensus

The Virgin Suicides drifts with a dreamlike melancholy that may strike some audiences as tedious, but Sofia Coppola's feature debut is a mature meditation on disaffected youth.

Read Critics Reviews

Sophie Mackintosh New Statesman The film’s visual style is not in thrall to aestheticised despair, but best understood as an appreciation of the Lisbon girls themselves, a celebration of their lives, fairly unremarkable until they are not. Jul 26, 2023 Full Review Kevin Maher Times (UK) And yet a film set in suburban Michigan in 1975, about a quintet of teenage pre-Raphaelite enigmas who take their own lives, somehow remains dreamy and beguiling. Rated: 4/5 Mar 27, 2023 Full Review Roxana Hadadi Crooked Marquee The Virgin Suicides offers a glimpse into the murky unknowability of adolescence, and its legacy is tied to the portraits of femininity with which Sofia Coppola has crafted her filmography. May 9, 2020 Full Review Kristy Strouse Cinematic Lovelies With an impeccable cast and an assured vision from Sofia Coppola, The Virgin Suicides is an indelible cinematic landmark. Jul 16, 2023 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Sofia Coppola’s first (and still best) feature... Mar 20, 2023 Full Review Brian Susbielles InSession Film It was a tone-setter for Coppola in paving her own path as a director. Feb 22, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

Lucas F As a girl watching this i could honestly relate to the Lisbon sisters a lot.This movie (and Sofia Coppola) depicts girlhood so well that i felt a sense of deja vú while watching. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/22/25 Full Review Micaela M Such an interesting compelling story being told in this film. This is a movie you kind of just have to watch and experience rather than read reviews to see if you'll like it or not. Very emotionally intense Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/25 Full Review Nick G This hypnotic film feels like youth exactly the way you remember it. It moves too slow and is full of longing and anticipation. It sounds, looks, and moves like nostalgia. But like all the good times, it's fleeting and punctuated with pain and consequential mistakes. A lovely and beguiling tale of privilege failing to protect youth and innocence. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/25 Full Review Nazya Derin K Sofia Coppola has done an excellent job cinematographically. There is almost no difference between the book and the movie, there is no originality, but this does not change the movie in a bad way in any way, on the contrary, it helps us understand the Lisbon sisters better. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/20/24 Full Review Fabrícia F Imersão profunda nos dramas que permeiam a juventude norte-americana da década de setenta, sob a perspectiva de cinco jovens adolescentes que despertam o fascínio da vizinhança e evocam mistério no imaginário masculino dos garotos. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/08/24 Full Review julie b Hazy, summery, yet something hypnotic and haunting. Impressive to be able to create suspense and mystery around a story where you know the ending right from the start, the soundtrack is perfect, and the way the story is told and why is very interesting to reflect on. I appreciated the length but at the same time it left me wanting more; I can see this being something I rewatch multiple times. “You’re not even old enough to know how bad life gets” Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/19/24 Full Review Read all reviews

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things 41% 70% The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things Watchlist The Last September 42% 33% The Last September Watchlist The Third Miracle 68% 59% The Third Miracle Watchlist Requiem for a Dream 78% 93% Requiem for a Dream Watchlist TRAILER for Requiem for a Dream Solomon and Gaenor 70% 81% Solomon and Gaenor Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

The Virgin Suicides: Trailer 1 The Virgin Suicides: Trailer 1 1:03 View more videos
The Virgin Suicides (1999) The Virgin Suicides (1999) The Virgin Suicides (1999) The Virgin Suicides (1999) The Virgin Suicides (1999) The Virgin Suicides (1999) The Virgin Suicides (1999) The Virgin Suicides (1999) View more photos

Synopsis In an ordinary suburban house, on a lovely tree-lined street, in the middle of 1970s America, lived the five beautiful, dreamy Lisbon sisters, whose doomed fates indelibly marked the neighborhood boys who to this day continue to obsess over them. A story of love and repression, fantasy and terror, sex and death, memory and longing. It is at its core a mystery story: a heart-rending investigation into the impenetrable, life-altering secrets of American adolescence.

Director

Sofia Coppola

Producer

Francis Ford Coppola, Julie Costanzo, Dan Halsted, Chris Hanley

Screenwriter

Sofia Coppola, Jeffrey Eugenides

Distributor

Paramount Pictures

Production Co

American Zoetrope, Muse Productions, Eternity Productions

Rating

R (Thematic Elements)

Genre

Drama

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

May 12, 1999, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)

May 21, 2013

Box Office (Gross USA)

$4.9M

Runtime

1h 37m

Sound Mix

Dolby Stereo, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Surround

Most Popular at Home Now