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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Film ThreatFilm ThreatAn unconventional fairy-tale. There are no monsters to kill, the Prince character doesn't strike you as too charming, and the heroine is not the fairest maiden in the land.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghRough-edged but affecting drama.
- 50VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerThe film is never quite as startling or mysterious as it seems to want to be, leaving it in an uncertain cinematic limbo.
- 50The New York TimesDave KehrThe New York TimesDave KehrMs. Kampmeier never brings her themes into tight focus. At one moment, the film is a detailed but familiar attack on smothering small towns and oppressive family structures; at another, it's a fable of feminist empowerment with an oddly fervent religious background.
- 50New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannMany of Kampmeier's characters are either ill-defined or clichéd.
- 50Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisSo much of Virgin is bunk masquerading as sexual politics.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAn unfortunately muddled portrait of a teenage girl going through a moral and spiritual crisis.
- 40The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasShot on shaky-cam digital video, filtered through what appears to be an old sweatsock, the film mimics Dogme-style realism in its vision of modern persecution, but in the end, it offers the sort of touchy-feely mysticism that belongs to the crystal-ball and tarot-reading set.
- 38New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsShot with an annoyingly jerky hand-held camera, Virgin is a test to stick with, and despite the best efforts of Moss, it wore me out.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceKampmeier's muddled, miserable first feature about maculate conception will make you look back fondly on 1985, the year Godard's "Hail Mary" and Norman Jewison's "Agnes of God" came out.