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I'm a Virgo

  • TV Series
  • 2023
  • TV-14
  • 3h 31m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
4.4K
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POPULARITY
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I'm a Virgo (2023)
"I’m A Virgo" is a fantastical coming-of-age joyride about Cootie, a 13-foot-tall young Black man in Oakland, California. Having grown up hidden away, passing time on a diet of comic books and TV shows, he escapes to experience the beauty and contradictions of the real world. He forms friendships, finds love, navigates awkward situations, and encounters his idol, a real-life superhero named The Hero.
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The coming-of-age joyride of Cootie, a 13-foot-tall man who escapes to experience the beauty and contradictions of the real world. He forms friendships, finds love, navigates awkward situati... Read allThe coming-of-age joyride of Cootie, a 13-foot-tall man who escapes to experience the beauty and contradictions of the real world. He forms friendships, finds love, navigates awkward situations, and encounters his idol, The Hero.The coming-of-age joyride of Cootie, a 13-foot-tall man who escapes to experience the beauty and contradictions of the real world. He forms friendships, finds love, navigates awkward situations, and encounters his idol, The Hero.

  • Creator
    • Boots Riley
  • Stars
    • Jharrel Jerome
    • Olivia Washington
    • Brett Gray
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    4.4K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,590
    3,371
    • Creator
      • Boots Riley
    • Stars
      • Jharrel Jerome
      • Olivia Washington
      • Brett Gray
    • 43User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 13 nominations total

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    Jharrel Jerome
    Jharrel Jerome
    • Cootie
    • 2023
    Olivia Washington
    Olivia Washington
    • Flora
    • 2023
    Brett Gray
    Brett Gray
    • Felix
    • 2023
    Kara Young
    Kara Young
    • Jones
    • 2023
    Allius Barnes
    Allius Barnes
    • Scat
    • 2023
    Carmen Ejogo
    Carmen Ejogo
    • LaFrancine
    • 2023
    Walton Goggins
    Walton Goggins
    • Hero
    • 2023
    Mike Epps
    Mike Epps
    • Martisse
    • 2023
    Craig Tate
    Craig Tate
    • Bear
    • 2023
    Juliette Lewis
    Juliette Lewis
    • Justin…
    • 2023
    Robert Longstreet
    Robert Longstreet
    • Cult Leader
    • 2023
    Britni Camacho
    • Maya
    • 2023
    Lindsey G. Smith
    • Vanetta Brooks
    • 2023
    Rhonda Johnson Dents
    Rhonda Johnson Dents
    • Mother Battle
    • 2023
    Ari Frenkel
    Ari Frenkel
    • Sam Spiegel
    • 2023
    Marissa Chanel Hampton
    Marissa Chanel Hampton
    • Reporter at Strike…
    • 2023
    Najah Bradley
    Najah Bradley
    • Keena
    • 2023
    Alexander Biglane
    Alexander Biglane
    • Asphalt Royalty Representative
    • 2023
    • Creator
      • Boots Riley
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    9insaneular-21186

    weird in the best way

    Really good. That's all I can say. The best art to me is the kind I can't effectively describe. It is itself. That's the highest compliment I can give. This show never did what I expected but felt 100% appropriate to itself the whole time. It was engaging and bizarre and sweet and packed a punch and I love seeing stuff like this get made. It's worth the watch and I don't even mind if there's another season or how the second one goes, this one stands on its own and will still be enjoyable for me no matter what else happens to it in the future. Definitely recommend checking it out now and not worrying too much it's just a good ride.
    9aaverbeck

    originality and weirdness at its best

    What a weird series. I mean that in the best way possible. Having loved sorry to bother you, i had a feeling there would be some political/social critiques, but by the last episode it dives fully into those. It's not subtle, but that's the point. It's meant to open the audiences eyes.

    The performances are top notch from everyone, especially jharrel jerome though. He captures the anxieties that a 13ft tall man who has been hidden from the world would feel, and it feels so awkwardly realistic. I love how boots riley dives fully into the weirdness of the show as well. He clearly had his vision, and it looks like he didn't let anyone stand in his way.

    I really hope there's a season 2 because they leave us on a subtle cliffhanger, but a pretty big one at that. I thoroughly enjoyed this and it's originality. Give boots riley more money to make his ideas come to the screen!!
    7owen-watts

    "My whole life is propaganda"

    You can always rely on Boots Riley to hoof out something profoundly weird and I'm a Virgo is no exception to this. A meditation on superheroics, corporate culture and trueness to whatever one's self is - chock full of bizarre allegorical imagery and fascinating ideas. It's an art thing. Feels very art. In that, as a narrative, it's a little lacking. Its intentional metaphorics make it come across as fairly aloof and the deep message being presented on the most corporate television platform there is feels sadder than the trollish win it's painted as in some quarters. That being said, I feel like this endeavour may end up outliving the endless turgid cape crusades from the rival corporations, and the more cynical ones of the same network.
    7davidroyintokyo

    a modern day American folk tale

    The industrial strength superhero is a well established part of modern day media while the folk heroes that preceded them are mostly forgotten.

    This show is the black Paul Bunyan, man.of the community vs the industrial superhero, enforcer of the corporate state. Of course the show's Paul Bunyan is not equipped for this showdown even with his supporting team of Oakland, CA neighborhood X-Kids who are more concerned with using their powers to do their jobs, score, and help others impoverished by the system.

    While the Paul Bunyan folk tale is a celebration of the boundless opportunity and natural resources of the earlier American experience (at least for some people), this version exists in a decaying landscape of fast food, desperation, and death.

    It's weird, surreal and sometimes preachy, but definitely worth a watch.
    cartsghammond

    one of the most inventive shows i've ever seen

    Boots has done it again, immediately after starting the show you can tell that this is something special. The music, the writing, the set design, all comes together perfectly to set up another surreal world from boots riley.

    Just a perfect execution of an amazing idea, the practical effects are genuinely jaw dropping. Was immediately holding my stomach from laughing so hard from the first episode.

    Haven't seen a show in ages that has this much obvious care and attention put into it.

    Truly radical, truly funny. Could not stop laughing.

    Been telling just about everyone i know to watch it

    Blown away, check it out.

    Standing 13' Tall with Jharrel Jerome

    Standing 13' Tall with Jharrel Jerome

    Emmy winner Jharrel Jerome shares the relatable and unexpected challenges of stepping into the very big shoes of his character, Cootie, in "I'm a Virgo."
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      Most of the show was filmed using forced camera perspective and both large and small scale puppets. Very little CGI was used.
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      Referenced in Film Junk Podcast: Episode 904: Barbie + Oppenheimer (2023)

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    • Release date
      • June 23, 2023 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 我是處女座
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      3 hours 31 minutes
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      • Dolby Digital
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      • 2.39 : 1

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