This story about tragedy that somehow surrounds an average family in an average neighborhood, is filled with some of today's best actors. The story of the family bleeds over into the young men of the neighborhood as well, and gives the viewer a feeling of a (non-sexual) voyeurism. I think it enhances the viewers experience (by listening to the boys thoughts), but it also distances you at the sam... read more
Description:On the surface the Lisbons appear to be a normal 1970s family living in a middle-class Michigan suburb. Mr. Lisbon is a quirky math teacher, his wife is a strictly religious mother of five attractive teenage daughters who catch the eyes of the neighborhood boys. However, when 13-year-old Cecilia commits suicide, the family spirals dowOn the surface the Lisbons appear to be a normal 1970s family living in a middle-class Michigan suburb. Mr. Lisbon is a quirky math teacher, his wife is a strictly religious mother of five attractive teenage daughters who catch the eyes of the neighborhood boys. However, when 13-year-old Cecilia commits suicide, the family spirals downward into a creepy state of isolation and the remaining girls are quarantined from social interaction (particularly from the opposite sex) by their zealously protective mother. But the strategy backfires, their seclusion makes the girls even more intriguing to the obsessed boys who will go to absurd lengths for a taste of the forbidden fruit.... (more)(less)
"This masterpiece is made by the amazing Sofia Coppola. By the name I think you guessed that it talks about suicide. But the thing that made me love it and cry so much was that I could relate to a lot that was going on."
ToonHead2102 added this to a list 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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When I watch The Virgin suicides I'm always swaying between the fact that I'm not affected at all and that I'm thinking that it's one of the sadest movie's I know. The sadness is there, of course, it hits you hard in the face when Lux awakes alone at the football field. Or you have to look close when you see Mr. Lisbon watching TV or when the girls have their greatest night at the homecoming dance. It's also often hard to watch the movie and bear all that and being forced to think about everyt"
"We knew the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love, and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them.
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LuuAveni added this to a list 2 months, 1 week ago
"Coppolan debyytistä on vaikea sanoa mitään rakentavaa. Tämä ei missään nimessä ole huono elokuva, mutta en oikein saanut minkäänlaista järkevää otetta tähän. Tuntuu ettei elokuva tiedä mitä haluaa sanoa. Mutta ihan kohtuullinen debyytti Sofialta, vaikka Sofian seuraava elokuva Lost in Translation onkin kaikin tavoin parempi."
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On the surface the Lisbons appear to be a normal 1970s family living in a middle-class Michigan suburb. Mr. Lisbon is a quirky math teacher, his wife is a strictly religious mother of five attractive teenage daughters who catch the eyes of the neighborhood boys. However, when 13-year-old Cecilia commits suicide, the family spirals downward into a creepy state of isolation and the remaining girls are quarantined from social interaction (particularly from the opposite sex) by their zealously pr"
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