Description Set in the 1970's in Midwestern America, this is the story of the lives of five sisters as seen through the eyes of a group of boys who are obsessed with them.
| Credits | | Writer: | Sofia Coppola | | Producer: | Chris Hanley, Dan Halsted, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs, Fred Roos, Gary Marcus, Julie Costanzo | | Score Composer: | Air, Francis Ford Coppola |
Editorial Reviews "...The movie's best moments have an inspired feeling of playfulness and freedom matched by Ms. Dunst's smart, beguiling performance as Lux Lisbon..." New York Times - p.E18 - A. O. Scott
"...[The film is] disarmingly wispy....[The virgins] are blessed with great luminosity..." Premiere - p.22 - Glenn Kenny
"...This sublimely confident and poetic debut has the power to endure..." -- 4 out of 5 stars Total Film - p.81 - Dorian Lynskey
"...Coppola does a lovely job of staging the romance..." Entertainment Weekly - p.49 - Owen Gleiberman
"...The director captures the novel's intrinsic nostalgia for the loss of adolescence..." Film Comment - p.73-5 - Chris Chang
"...There are nice moments throughout, and Coppola has done a deft job evoking the spirit of the film's period and suburban setting..." Box Office - p.143 - Lael Loewenstein
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