Virginia available on March 05 2017 from Amazon for 13.99
UPC bar code 741952724193 ξ1 registered February 08 2015
Product category is Video
Manufacturered by Entertainment One
Product weight is 0.2 lbs.
Factory sealed DVD Written and directed by Dustin Lance Black (MILK), VIRGINIA stars Jennifer Connelly in the title role as a beautiful yet unhinged single mother who struggles to raise her son Emmett (Harrison Gilbertson) while dreaming of escaping her small Southern boardwalk town. Her long time affair with the very married, Mormon Sheriff Richard Tipton (Ed Harris) is thrown into question when he decides to run for public office. Things are further complicated when Emmett begins a romantic relationship with Tipton's daughter (Emma Roberts). Virginia and the town--populated by Amy Madigan, Toby Jones, Yeardley Smith--are full of secrets and everyone knows Virginia can only keep things together for so long. VIRGINIA is a funny, touching drama that looks at the American Dream and what it takes to keep it together.
Despite a relatively low 5.4 Imdb rating, this film is worth watching the Jennifer Connelly's performance alone. Add in Ed Harris and a number of other fine performers and this becomes an engrossing--if not upbeat--film. I wish I'd bought rather than rented it so I could watch it again and again.
Dustin Lance Black won the Oscar for the screenplay to "Milk" and also penned the screenplay for the Clint Eastwood-directed "J Edgar." "Virginia" obviously represents a labor of love for him, directing and writing. It is a film difficult to niche, which will make it difficult for audiences trained to categorize films as "comedy," "romance" or "drama." There are no super heroes here, albeit there is a bit of a ghostly aspect t..
