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Virgin Suicides, The (1999) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Virgin Suicides, The (1999) a score of 2.8393 out of 4

based on (201) reviews

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Excellent

(36)

Very Good

(124)

Good

(37)

Fair

(3)

Poor

(1)

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Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)

A heartbreaking glimpse at the secret life of adolescents... shockingly tender and remarkably acted....read the complete Virgin Suicides, The (1999) review at Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)

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E! Online

No sacrificial virgin she, Francis Ford Coppola's daughter Sofia takes control of this difficult material and gets the last laugh (well, at least until her next film) on everyone who wrote her off after her performance in Godfather III. The story (which...read the complete Virgin Suicides, The (1999) review at E! Online

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Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)

While not exactly a cop-out, Virgin may leave some viewers who crave traditional closure with the same hollow ache described by the narrator as follows: "What lingered after them was not life but the most trivial list of mundane...read the complete Virgin Suicides, The (1999) review at Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)

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The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)

Five exquisitely beautiful sisters dazzle and beguile the boys around them in this movie, set in the mid-1970's. Amid the idyllic suburban stillness, there are intimations that all is not right. Huge elm trees are diagnosed with Dutch Elm Disease and...read the complete Virgin Suicides, The (1999) review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)