Overview
A haunting exploration of youth and tragedy unfolds in a suburban neighborhood.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- dreamy
- haunting
- quiet evening
- reflective viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Sofia Coppola's mature, dreamlike meditation on disaffected youth, while acknowledging that its slow, discomforting ambiguity may frustrate some viewers.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The adult narrator and neighborhood boys piece together the Lisbon sisters' story without achieving definitive understanding.
The story is presented as a near-fugue-state recollection filled with wistful imagery, music, and a lost-photo-album atmosphere.
The Lisbon parents impose strict religious and behavioral rules that confine the sisters and shape their social world.
The narrator and his friends remain fascinated by the sisters, interpreting them collectively as an elusive mystery.
Films like The Virgin Suicides, and why
Picnic at Hanging Rock
dreamlike suburban adolescence, enigmatic girls, and an atmosphere of melancholy and mystery
The Ice Storm
stylized coming-of-age drama centered on female adolescence, repression, and wistful remembrance
Heavenly Creatures
haunting suburban youth drama exploring desire, alienation, and destructive family pressure
Movie Details
- Director
- Sofia Coppola
- Release Date
- 2000-04-21
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (3714)
Cast
- Kirsten Dunst
- Josh Hartnett
- James Woods
- Kathleen Turner
- Michael Paré
- A.J. Cook
- Hanna Hall
- Leslie Hayman
- Chelse Swain
- Giovanni Ribisi
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV
- Rent
- JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Virgin Suicides about?
- A dreamlike 1970s suburban elegy about five sisters whose isolation becomes an enduring mystery to the boys who watch them from afar.
- What is The Virgin Suicides like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Virgin Suicides as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Virgin Suicides violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Virgin Suicides as mild.
- What did critics think of The Virgin Suicides?
- Critics broadly praised Sofia Coppola's mature, dreamlike meditation on disaffected youth, while acknowledging that its slow, discomforting ambiguity may frustrate some viewers.
- Which films are like The Virgin Suicides?
- Films with a similar feel include Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Ice Storm, and Heavenly Creatures.
- How long is The Virgin Suicides?
- The Virgin Suicides runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Virgin Suicides?
- In United States, The Virgin Suicides streams on fuboTV.
