
A man about forty years of age tells the story from when he was a teenager in upscale suburban Detroit of his and three of his friends' fascination with the mysterious and doomed Lisbon sisters. In 1974, the sisters were seventeen year old Therese, sixteen year old Mary, fifteen year old Bonnie, fourteen year old Lux, and thirteen year old Cecilia. Their fascination still remains as they try to piece together the entire story. The sisters were mysteries if only because of hav... (Full plot summary below)
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A man about forty years of age tells the story from when he was a teenager in upscale suburban Detroit of his and three of his friends' fascination with the mysterious and doomed Lisbon sisters. In 1974, the sisters were seventeen year old Therese, sixteen year old Mary, fifteen year old Bonnie, fourteen year old Lux, and thirteen year old Cecilia. Their fascination still remains as they try to piece together the entire story. The sisters were mysteries if only because of having a strict and overprotective upbringing by their father, who taught math at the girls' private co-ed school, and overly devout Catholic mother, who largely dictated the household rules. The story focuses primarily on two incidents and the resulting situations on the girls' lives. The first was an action by Cecilia to deal with her emotions over her life. And the second was the relationship between Lux - the sister who pushed the boundaries of the household rules most overtly in doing what most teenagers want to do - and Trip Fontaine, he who could have any girl he wanted but wanting solely Lux.
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| Premiere MagazineGlenn Kennya disarmingly wispy film given its subject matter, which is pretty much spelled out by its title. |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanA devastating, haunting motion picture of inconceivable power. |
| Patrick NabarroPJ NabarroA brilliant external commentary on patriarchy, affluence and homogeneity, as well as an experiential ode to the intangibles and inherent mysteries of the human condition. |
| Chicago TribuneMarc CaroIt's quite funny, though not in a predictably irreverent way, and it moves along briskly - a little too briskly toward the end. |
| Baltimore SunAnn HornadayIt gets under your skin and into your head, and you don't want it to leave. |
| Austin ChronicleSarah HepolaIn an astonishingly assured film debut, Coppola captures the poetry and sweetness of Eugenides' novel without allowing any of the standard rites of passage -- first dates, high-school dances -- to feel trite. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsDavid N. ButterworthBehind the lens, Coppola's direction is sure-footed, her pacing perfect. |
| The Film YapNick RogersSofia Coppola's compelling, ethereal fable about adolescent loss of innocence is claustrophobic and uncomfortable, but profoundly affecting and gently funny. "The Virgin Suicides" advises teen years are sometimes best remembered as a long-ago vacation. |
| VarietyEmanuel LevyHumor prevails throughout, but it doesn't deflate the disturbing elements of the tale, which miraculously manages to stay droll, heartfelt and poignant to the end. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe strongest directorial debut of the year. |