1999 · drama
The Virgin Suicides
Directed by Sofia Coppola1h 37m1999
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Our read: The Virgin Suicides (1999) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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How The Virgin Suicides feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want hazy suburban longing scored like a dream you cannot shake.”
Skip it tonight — You need plot momentum or cannot sit with suicide as ambient dread.
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