The Virgin Suicides

The Virgin Suicides


The name of the movie firstly made me curious, and so I ended up watching it.
The movie simply talks about five beautiful daughters from a strict and incredible traditional Catholic family, was around 13 – 17 years old, ended up their lives by committing suicide.
The movie was set in the mid 1970s and was pretty brilliant cinematic. The content is quite simple, vivid and dramatic. The movement of the movie was also slow; yet appealing and stylist. What I like the most about this film is the sensation, nostalgia, melancholy, emotional progression, and intrigued acting. Plus, the soundtrack was a great choice for such a drama.
Some of my friends were impressed with the movie, and some were frustrated.

I do feel frustrated during watching five beauties dying for their obsessions, fantasies, repression, and emotional destruction. I can sympathize and understand how depressive and repressive a teenager feel when he/she has his/ her parents control and over-watch; however, I feel emotionally disturbing when those girls of the Lisbon family keep daydreaming and fantasizing about boys. Even though, the mother was overprotective (just as my mother), it didn’t seem logical and irrational to explain for the tragic ending of those girls..
Somehow, I find it dull and confused. Are these girls longing for freedom or sex? Maybe both!!
Why would they care so much about talking and being closed to the boys?

The entire attempts of these girls somehow appeared to me as a rebellion and sexual disturbing itself. The first intimate setting was set on Cecilia’s birthday at the house, it was made in hopes of cheering her out of her suicidal depression. And, again, it was quite awkward to me, that how much those girls in the house cared about talking and being closed with those boys. The message from the movie wasn’t powerful and meaningful to me.

To me, It could be more effective and impressive if each sisters in the Lisbon has different perspectives and reaches out for different reasons of whatever they want. I wish that these girls died for something more meaningful and worthier.
Aside from the point of slow motion, lack of concrete explanation, I think the movie overall was well made; Sophia succeeded in showing a wonderful voyeuristic feat and the atmosphere of tragedy was perfectly conveyed.