Rotten
A strong cast can't save "Virginia," Dustin Lance Black's film about a schizophrenic mom in a small Virginia beach town.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Virginia
The simple life... is rarely simple.
2010 · 1h 51m · R
Drama
Directed by
Dustin Lance Black
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Virginia
Overview
A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decade-long affair.
Director and cast
- Dustin Lance Black Director
- Jennifer Connelly as Virginia
- Emma Roberts as Jessie Tipton
- Toby Jones as Max
- Ed Harris as Sheriff Dick Tipton
- Carrie Preston as Betty
- Lucas Grabeel as Nervous Mormon
- Yeardley Smith as Mrs. Whitaker
- Amy Madigan as Mrs. Tipton
- Anne Lockhart as Police Dispatch Operator (voice)
- Alex Frost as Josh
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
11%
Tomatometer
Rotten
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.
Sam Adams, AV Club
Rotten
It's all rather wacky and hard to follow or fathom, although maybe that's attributable to Virginia's schizophrenia veering off on its delusional phase.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten
A bravely demented semi-autobiographical drama that never lives up to the potential of its high-powered cast.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Rotten
Set among the hangdog hicks and arcade attractions of a fictional Southern beach town, the loosely autobiographical movie aims for roller-coaster passion but only flatlines.
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times
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