Kirsten Dunst
Lux Lisbon
Josh Hartnett
Trip Fontaine
James Woods
Mr. Lisbon
Kathleen Turner
Mrs. Lisbon
Michael Paré
Adult Trip Fontaine
A. J. Cook
Mary Lisbon
Hanna Hall
Cecilia Lisbon
Leslie Hayman
Therese Lisbon
Chelse Swain
Bonnie Lisbon
Giovanni Ribisi
Narrator (voice)
Anthony DeSimone
Chase BuellLee Kagan
David Barker
FourTee
Parkie Denton
Jonathan Tucker
Tim Weiner
Scott Glenn
Father Moody
Danny DeVito
Dr. Horniker
Hayden Christensen
Jake Hill ConleyJoe Roncetti
Kevin HeadChris Hale
Peter Sisten
Joe Dinicol
Dominic Palazzolo
Suki Kaiser
Lydia Perl
Dawn Greenhalgh
Mrs. Scheer
Allen Stewart-Coates
Mr. Scheer
Sherry Miller
Mrs. Buell
Jonathan Whittaker
Mr. Buell
Michèle Duquet
Mrs. DentonMurray McRae
Mr. DentonPaul Sybersma
Joe LarsonSusan Sybersma
Mrs. LarsonPeter Snider
Trip's Dad
Gary Brennan
DonaldCharles Boyland
Curt Van OsdolDustin Ladd
Chip Willard
Kristin Fairlie
Amy Schraff
Melody Johnson
JulieSheyla Molho
DanielleAshley Ainsworth
Sheila DavisCourtney Hawkrigg
GraceFrançois Klanfer
DoctorMackenzie Lawrenz
Jim CzeslawskiTim Hall
Kurt Siles
Amos Crawley
John
Andrew Gillies
Principal WoodhouseMairlyn Smith
Mrs. Woodhouse
Sally Cahill
Mrs. Hedlie
Tracey Ferencz
NurseScot Denton
Mr. O'ConnerCatherine Swing
Mrs. O'Conner
Timothy Adams
Buzz RomanoSarah Minhas
Wanda BrownMegan Kennedy
CheerleaderSandi Stahlbrand
Meredith Thompson
Neil Girvan
Drunk Man in PoolJaya Karsemeyer
GloriaLeah Straatsma
RannieMark Polley
Cemetery Worker #1Kirk Gonnsen
Cemetery Worker #2Marianne Moroney
TeacherAnne Wessels
Woman in ChiffonDerek Boyes
Football "Grieving Teacher" (uncredited)Conor Dean Smith
Frankie (uncredited)Mandy Lee Jones
Student (uncredited)
Released
en
$6,000,000.00
$10,409,377.00
- #suicide
- #based on novel or book
- #michigan
- #suicide attempt
- #1970s
- #coming of age
- #suburb
- #lust
- #family
- #catholic
- #overprotective parent
- #teen suicide
- #femininity
- #woman director
- #male gaze
- #anxious
- #cautionary
- #sisters
- #disheartening
- #foreboding
Reviews
Set amidst 1970s Detroit suburbia, this follows the ultimately tragic lives of five sisters who live with their teacher father (James Woods) and rather possessive mother (Kathleen Turner). It's narrated by one of their neighbours, a youth whom - along with his friends - has a bit of a crush on the girls. Disaster strikes early on when "Cecilia" manages to impale herself on the garden fence and wha
***Artistic, profound, amusing, tragic, haunting coming-of-age in the 70s*** A 13 year-old girl from a Catholic family in a Detroit suburb commits suicide during the late 70s and its effects are shown over the course of the next year in the lives of her four sisters (e.g. Kirsten Dunst), her parents (James Woods & Kathleen Turner) and the boys of the community. Josh Hartnett is on hand as the s
A very different movie, enjoyable and engrossing but at the end of it you are left wondering what the point was. Is there a moral here? A life lesson? Or is the movie just telling a quirky story? I'm still not sure. This movie is well acted and is never boring, but it is puzzling.