En regidebut med mersmak...
...Coppola has created a film more about mood than substance, evoking the girls' sexual awakening with rich hues of yellow, gold and red and stunning visuals (...) complemented perfectly by a dreamily ethereal score by the French band Air.
Beautifully shot and acted, it creates a disturbingly erotic atmosphere that more than compensates for the plot's thinness.
...transformed the material into something intriguingly eerie: a morbid teen movie for melancholy adults.
The Virgin Suicides is Sofia Coppola's first film (...) She has the courage to play it in a minor key. She doesn't hammer home ideas and interpretations. She is content with the air of mystery and loss that hangs in the air...