Should you watch The Virgin Suicides?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Virgin Suicides
Film · 2000
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
The sides of The Virgin Suicides
- Five sisters kept at home by strict parents
- Neighbourhood boys who watch them from afar
- A Michigan suburb in the 1970s
The Virgin Suicides is good for you if…
- you like Sofia Coppola's hazy, sunlit images of 1970s suburbia.
- you like a dreamy soundtrack by Air.
- you're fine with never fully knowing why.
The Virgin Suicides is bad for you if…
- you can't face teen suicide on screen.
- you need a plot that moves rather than a mood.
About: adolescence · memory · isolation
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