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Virginia

Country: USA, Language: English, 116 mins

  • Director: Dustin Lance Black
  • Writer: Dustin Lance Black
  • Producer: Scott J. Brooks; Hopwood DePree

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It's a shame that this film didn't receive the attention it deserved.

Connelly delivers a fine performance - teetering perfectly between the tragic and comedic.

Black has delivered a fine looking picture with a story that is less about dysfunction and more about the vagaries of life - in all of its parochial splendor.

Mormonism is an easy target -  be it a movement, a cult or, a religion - it is ridiculed in the way that every religion can be ridiculed...when it comes to sex and love - religious doctrine is pushed onto the back burner.

Virginia is not only a love story...as unconventional as it is - it asks that mad question: to what limits would you go for your child? Its answer is definitive.

Lovely is a strange word to use - but, it is a lovely film.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Virginia is a charming, yet mentally ill mother whose greatest love is her protector and illegitimate son, Emmett. But her longest love belongs to the local-married-Mormon Sheriff, who is running for public office and might very well be Emmett's father. This boardwalk town's well-kept secrets are threatened when Virginia's son begins a romantic relationship with Tipton's daughter. "What's Wrong With Virginia" is a humorous, heartfelt drama that pokes at the American dream as it charges toward a climactic shoot out that begs the question: can a woman like Virginia ever play the part of mom?

Cast & Characters

Jennifer Connelly as Virginia;
Emma Roberts as Jessie Tipton;
Ed Harris as Sheriff Dick Tipton;
Harrison Gilbertson as Emmett;
Toby Jones as Max;
Carrie Preston as Betty;
Amy Madigan as Mrs. Tipton;
Yeardley Smith as Mrs. Whitaker;
Alex Frost as Josh