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The Virgin Suicides [Region 2] | ![The Virgin Suicides [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XtVX7%2BrRL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Sofia Coppola
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Michael Paré
Category: DVD
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Rating:  292 reviews
Sales Rank: 231729
Format: Anamorphic, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060002830499
ASIN: B00004YN6Q
Theatrical Release Date: May 12, 2000
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Previously criticized for her marginal acting skills, Sofia Coppola made her directorial debut with The Virgin Suicides and silenced her detractors. No amount of coaching from her director father (Francis Coppola) or husband (Spike Jonze) could have guaranteed a film this assured, and in adapting Jeffrey Eugenides's novel, Coppola demonstrates the sensitivity and emotional depth that this material demands. Surely the pain of youth and public criticism found its way into her directorial voice; in the story of four sisters who self-destruct under the steady erosion of their youthful ideals, one can clearly sense Coppola's intimate connection to the inner lives of her characters. Played in a delicate minor key, the film is heartbreaking, mysterious, and soulfully funny, set in a Michigan suburb of the mid-1970s but timeless and universal to anyone who's been a teenager. The four surviving Lisbon sisters lost a sibling to suicide, and as its title suggests, the film will chart their mutual course to oblivion under the vigilance of repressive parents (Kathleen Turner and James Woods, perfectly cast). But The Virgin Suicides is more concerned with life in that precious interlude of adolescence, when the Lisbon girls are worshipped by the neighborhood boys, their notion of perfection epitomized by Lux (Kirsten Dunst) and her storybook love for high-school stud Trip (Josh Hartnett). Unfolding at the cusp of innocence and sexual awakening, and recalled as a memory, The Virgin Suicides is, ultimately, about the preservation of the Lisbon sisters by their own deaths--suspended in time, polished to perfection, and forever untainted by adulthood. --Jeff Shannon
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 A divine directorial debut from one of this generations brightest stars! March 3, 2010
Andrew Ellington (Mulholland Drive)
One of the best directorial debuts of this generation (especially of this decade), Sophia Coppola's masterful `The Virgin Suicides' is a gritty and emotionally stirring example of cinema's finest. With a warmth needed to help sell the emotional gravity of the film, without once wavering from the stern and almost callous atmosphere needed to illuminate the harshness of the `reality' presented, Coppola helped establish herself as one of the best visionaries of her generation.
Her subsequent films (`Lost in Translation' and `Marie Antoinette') further proved her brilliance.
Taking place in the 70's, the film centers around a group of boys and their obsession with the Lisbon sisters. These girls are the center of their existence, not because they are anything truly special but because they are so mysterious, and their home life (guarded strictly by their overprotective parents) is something of in depth conversation. When one of the sisters ends her own life, the family spirals down a dark and destructive course that eventually leads to heartbreak and tragedy, but the film (albeit `gloomy') carries an air of light delicacy that beautifully captures the breathtaking quality of innocence that obviously overwhelms these young girls (and the boys who obsess over them).
There are few ensemble casts that truly reach that peak of perfection that `The Virgin Suicides' does. In fact, every performance is perfectly layered with enough gritty realism to elevate their characterizations. Even small roles inhibited by actors like Josh Hartnett become something truly memorable and enticing. Kirsten Dunst basically owns this movie, with her sensually frustrated take on Lux, the most compelling and absorbing of the Lisbon sisters. She bares her acting chops with an effortless fluctuation of frail naivety and startlingly aggressive tenacity. Kathleen Turner, and especially James Woods, are brilliantly cast as the Lisbon parents. Woods embodies this character with enough parental warmth to make his outlandish and easily misunderstood actions appear much kinder and warmer than they should. There is an obvious love there, just misapplied. Coming from an actor who portrays sly and sinister without batting an eyelash, complete stripping that trait from this character is a marvelous (and commendable) feat.
But the star of this show is, without doubt, is Sophia Coppola. Once the target of cruelty for her horrendous acting talent (she deserved the slaying she received in 1990), Coppola has switched careers (and bold and brilliant move) and established herself as a force in this industry. Being the daughter of the legendary Francis Ford Coppola, Sophia has big shoes to fill, but she has found her own style, her own niche and her own voice; and she sings loud and clear with each film.
Weaving her film through a cascade of identifiable and relatable emotions, Coppola creates a crystal clear masterpiece with `The Virgin Suicides'. The fact that she only got BETTER from this point forward is further testament to her skill behind the camera.
The Virigin Suicides March 2, 2010
B
Was delivered extremely fast came in great condition and the quality of the movie was very impressive I would definitely buy from this company again and recommend it.
Completely unique and surreal - don't try and pin it down, just enjoy February 3, 2010
Andrea Boettcher (Austin, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Melancholy, dreamy, wistful, artistic, sexy, dark, haunting......a masterpiece that demonstrates how film can command music, cinematography, casting, etc. to completely immerse you in a feeling - and that's what you should focus on for this film, is the strange but pleasant feeling that it evokes. This movie has been criticized as boring or too simplistic in its theme, but I say that you should enjoy the subtle nuance and tenderness in each moment. It's a depressing ending (as the title suggests) and you'll find yourself a little frustrated that the 'point' seems to slip through your grasp or maybe doesn't sit well (sounds like life to me). But this movie is a quiet gem with a unique exection that I would suggest to anyone who tires of the Hollywood machine.
 I hate titles. 3 stars. December 25, 2009
Adrian the Complex Lonely (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
December 25th, 2009
The Virgin Suicides is an alright movie that features some good 70s music and then some OK 70s music. It's somewhat of a moody affair and you might have to force yourself to watch it again some day but I think it's worth at least one watch.
It starts off with the character that plays 13-year old Cecilia trying to kill herself in the bathtub. Why? I'm still not sure. But she was my favorite character along with her 14-year old sister, Lux played by the oh-so-charming Kirsten Dunst (she looks much older than her character and has gone blond for the role).
The sisters live a fairly strict and fenced-in type of life and it only gets worse after Lux doesn't come home on time after the school dance.
A lot of things happen in this movie (right?) but I don't wanna spoil the whole plot.
I believe this is a PG-13 rated movie but it almost doesn't deserve that rating.
There is a bit of kissing, Kirsten's character quickly plays with the belt of a young boy's trousers in the film and during the football field scene, when the dance is taking place she grinds with the school "hottie". Oh, and there are scenes where people are shown dead. But they aren't gory mind you.
All in all, I think I'd give it a rent and watch it with a friend or two. You will either be half-intrigued or laugh your way through the movie, I'm not sure which one.
The theatrical trailer makes the movie seem like it's going to be really good, and well...it falls flat. But if you don't go in this with super-high expectations, you just may like it.
3 stars.
end note: I will probably watch this once more, but not alone; with a friend. I definitely don't think it's worth owning for me at least but it is somewhat entertaining (plus, he wants to see it so...).
Happy Holidays!
 Conservative family kills daughters September 29, 2009
editrrr (Cedar Grove, NJ)
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Or something to that effect. Another in the "American Beauty" camp of willfully narrow-minded views of middle America.
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