"The Virgin Suicides" received positive reviews from film critics, though some noted the film's discomforting thematic material. It holds a 77% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 100 reviews, with a weighted average of 7.10/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ""The Virgin Suicides" drifts with a dreamlike melancholy that may strike some audiences as tedious, but Sofia Coppola's feature debut is a mature meditation on disaffected youth." On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 76 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".