For me it started with the soundtrack; I love Air’s work and I got the Virgin Suicides CD. The dreamy hazy feeling of the songs made me want to see the movie too. I missed it in the cinema, so I read the book first. Which is great by the way, Eugenides creates a mood that carries throughout the story. Loving the book, I didn’t expect a movie to get to the same level. But this movie did. The use of light helped creating the same mood as in the novel. The sets were really well thought out too, with little details (drawings of rainbows and unicorns in the girl’s room for instance) that made everything ‘right’. I highly recommend it.

i looove this movie. the imagery and emotions it can evoke are amazing. love it

“It’s obvious you have never been a 13-year-old girl!”
Like 13 this is a very disturbing take on teenaged girlhood. Makes me so glad I’m not 13 or 14 anymore.