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Brave, autobiographical, but also completely off the mark, Virginia is a frantic drama that fails to pull the viewer in.

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Jason Bailey DVDTalk.com 04/09/2016 It's a hard picture to pin down--it has the raw materials for a big, dumb farce, but it stakes out a claim in altogether more interesting territory. Go to Full Review Bill Goodykoontz Arizona Republic 06/07/2012

2/5

A strong cast can't save "Virginia," Dustin Lance Black's film about a schizophrenic mom in a small Virginia beach town. Go to Full Review Sam Adams AV Club 05/25/2012

C+

Black seems to be aiming for some sort of loopy fantasia, a tragic fable about struggling with difference in the small-town South, but he's got more half-finished ideas than he can handle. Go to Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens 11/26/2019 Dustin Lance Black shows us that it is truly is the simple things in life that are often the most wonderful...just like Virginia. Go to Full Review Tara Thorne The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) 11/17/2018 It's not funny, it's not charming and it's only clear it's set in modern day when a character mentions the internet. Go to Full Review Fred Topel CraveOnline 05/26/2012

6 out of 10

Sensitive about characters exploring this culture and the conversations they must have trying to figure out relationships. It's not ridiculing or condescending at all. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Blu B @RT43513976 02/09/2024 This movies climax is just insane and filled with bizarre scenes from Connelly wearing a gorilla mask robbing a bank in high heels to a paper bagged hostage mormon. Everything else is just subpar about it. The cinematography isn't well done and really feels very amateurish on top of just bizarre scenes. he worst part about this is it never really ties the 3 main story lines together. The coming of age, affair, and melodrama never comes together in a cohseive way and jumps around terribly at times as these character never really share much screen time together. It's very hard to tell you what the central message or focus is of these stories or believe them because it just isn't executed that well either. Connelly is alright and has her moments but every else is ok enough perfromance wise but the characters make some dumb and hard to understand choices that weigh it down. No one really has much chemsitry. The music also just is playing feels like it's the same track over and over low key in the back and isn't good. Skip This. See more 11/10/2020 Astoundingly bad. Really, just one of the worst. See more 05/25/2016 It's always difficult to portray mental illness but the mixture of comedy and violence in this movie totally confused the issue See more 11/22/2015 Virginia is kind of all over the place that doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. But Jennifer Connelly is so good here, so it was worth watching, I guess. See more 11/03/2015 Canned A Little Harshly By Critics, I Did Not Think This Was Too Terrible. The Two Leads Do Well &'A Rag-Tag Array Of Minor Roles Keep It Interesting. I Drifted Along With The Story, Not Fighting To Find A Deeper Meaning, It Gad Similarities To Other Quirky Films, Which Are Probably Better Examples, But As I Said, This Isn't Too Bad. See more yash b @yashbansal 10/01/2015 A bizarre movie that is hardly entertaining, it's mostly just really awkward, There was potential with the concept here, but unfortunately it is just a big mess that is neither effective with its humor or dramatic elements. See more Read all reviews

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Synopsis A troubled single mother (Jennifer Connelly) carries on an affair with a married sheriff (Ed Harris) and struggles to raise her son in their small-minded town.

Director
Dustin Lance Black

Producer
Christine Vachon , Hopwood DePree , Scott J. Brooks

Screenwriter
Dustin Lance Black

Distributor
Entertainment One

Production Co
Killer Films , TicTock Studios

Rating
R (Some Sexual Content|Language)

Genre
Drama

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
May 18, 2012, Limited

Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 21, 2016

Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.9K

Runtime
1h 56m

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