Review of The Virgin Suicides on Filmviews.net
Year1999 ReviewerChris Docker
The title might suggest a teen-flick lightweight movie but it is nothing of the sort. Francis Ford Coppola's daughter has followed in her director father's footsteps and produced a stylish and very accomplished film. The sisters who commit suicide are not driven to it by drink, drugs and stupidity - they are intelligent, aspiring youngsters who find suicide only too believably the only way out of their dilemmas. This movie doesn't patronize teenagers, which is one of its strengths. it raises questions about parenting that will haunt you long afterwards.
Rating: 8/10;