7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Virgin Suicides (2000)
The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Overview
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
7.5
Overview
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film subtly critiques the repressive, conservative environment and the male gaze that contribute to the isolation and tragic fate of the Lisbon sisters, aligning its dominant themes with progressive concerns about female autonomy and societal pressures.
The film features traditional casting with a predominantly white ensemble, consistent with its suburban 1970s setting. Its narrative explores themes of adolescent mystery and the male gaze without explicitly critiquing traditional identities in a DEI-focused manner.
Secondary
The film portrays the Lisbon parents' strict, fundamentalist Catholicism as a primary source of the girls' isolation, repression, and eventual suicides. The narrative links their rigid religious practices directly to the tragic outcome, depicting it as suffocating and devoid of compassion for their daughters' individual needs.
The Virgin Suicides does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on the heterosexual experiences and perceptions of the Lisbon sisters and the boys observing them, rendering the LGBTQ+ portrayal N/A.
The film "The Virgin Suicides" focuses on the lives and tragic deaths of the five Lisbon sisters in a suburban community. Its narrative explores themes of adolescence, repression, and obsession from the perspective of neighborhood boys. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the movie's plot or character arcs.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is a direct adaptation of the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides. All major characters, including the five Lisbon sisters, their parents, and the neighborhood boys, retain their established genders from the source material.
The film adapts the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, which depicts the Lisbon family and other characters as white. The on-screen portrayals align with the implied racial background from the source material, with all major characters cast as white.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.2
7.1
Critic Ratings
8.0
7.7
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