On the surface the Lisbons appear to be a healthy, successful 1970s family living in a middle-class Michigan suburb. Mr. Libson is a math teacher, his wife is a rigid religious mother of five attractive teenage daughters who catch the eyes of the neighborhood boys. However, when 13-year-old Cecilia commits suicide, the family spirals downward into a creepy state of isolation and the remaining girls are quarantined from social interaction (particularly from the opposite sex) by their zealously protective mother. But the strategy backfires, their seclusion makes the girls even more intriguing to the obsessed boys who will go to absurd lengths for a taste of the forbidden fruit.
Production American Zoetrope; Eternity Pictures; Muse Productions; Virgin Suicides LLC;
Cast Names James Woods; Kathleen Turner; Kirsten Dunst; Josh Hartnett; Michael Paré; Scott Glenn; Danny DeVito; A.J. Cook; Hanna Hall; Leslie Hayman; Chelse Swain; Anthony DeSimone; Lee Kagan; Robert Schwartzman; Noah Shebib; Jonathan Tucker; Joe Roncetti; Hayden Christensen; Chris Hale; Joe Dinicol; Suki Kaiser; Dawn Greenhalgh; Allen Stewart-Coates; Sherry Miller; Jonathon Whittaker; Michelle Duquet; Murray McRae; Roberta Hanley; Paul Sybersma; Susan Sybersma; Peter Snider; Gary Brennan; Charles Boyland; Dustin Ladd; Kristin Fairlie; Melody Johnson; Sheyla Molho; Ashley Ainsworth; Courtney Hawkrigg; François Klanfer;
Box Office USD 4,859,475
Release Date 2000-01-01 * (Sundance Film Festival) 2000-04-21 (Los Angeles, California) 2000-04-21 (New York City, New York) 2000-04-21 (San Francisco, California) 2000-05-12
Genres Drama; Mystery;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for strong thematic elements involving teens.
Running Time 1 hr. 37 min. 1 hr. 30 min. (TV version)