American Virgin (2000 film)

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American Virgin
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Directed by Jean-Pierre Marois
Written by Jean-Pierre Marois
Ira Israel
Produced byMauel Munz
Starring
Cinematography Eagle Egilsson
Edited byGeorges Klotz
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release dates
  • July 29, 1999 (1999-07-29)(Hungary)
  • February 11, 2000 (2000-02-11)(Sweden)
Running time
88 minutes
CountriesUnited States
France
LanguageEnglish

American Virgin is a 1999 comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Marois. Its plot is about a young woman, Katrina Bartalotti (Mena Suvari), the daughter of an adult film director (Robert Loggia), who agrees to lose her virginity onscreen to spite her father.

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Cast

Production

The film's original working title was Live Virgin, but changed to American Virgin to capitalize on Suvari's previous successes in American Pie and American Beauty .

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 29% based on reviews from 7 critics. [1]

Michael Sauter of Entertainment Weekly gave it a grade F and called it "Damn near unwatchable." [2]

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References

  1. "American Virgin". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2013-10-25. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  2. Michael Sauter (2000-10-06). "Video Review: 'American Virgin'". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-16.