The Lovely Bones
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After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
What critics thought
DivisivePeter Jackson's adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel landed with most critics as a tonal disaster — a film that can't reconcile its murder-mystery thriller elements with its pastel-colored afterlife fantasy. Saoirse Ronan and Stanley Tucci drew near-universal praise, but the question critics kept returning to was whether Jackson's visual maximalism actively sabotaged the emotional story underneath it.
“bold, daring original filmmaking, with arguably more emotional and intellectual meat to chew on than either the Rings trilogy or Kong”
Ian Freer·Empire
“Jackson gets the thriller scenes right”
Claudia Puig·USA Today
“an expensive-looking mess that fails to capture the mood, and the poetry, of its source material”
Stephanie Zacharek·Salon
“Jackson is too enamored with the idea of mixing heaven and the heebie-jeebies, so he's made the skeevy equivalent of a Mitch Albom book with some pulp fiction pressed between its covers”
Joe Neumaier·New York Daily News
Accolades
Genres
Fantasy, Drama
Cast & Crew
Peter JacksonDirector
Saoirse RonanSusie Salmon
Mark WahlbergJack Salmon
Rachel WeiszAbigail Salmon
Susan SarandonGrandma Lynn
Stanley TucciGeorge Harvey
Rose McIverLindsey Salmon
Michael ImperioliLen Fenerman
Carolyn DandoRuth Connors
Christian AshdaleBuckley Salmon
Reece RitchieRay Singh
Nikki SooHooHolly
Jake AbelBrian Nelson
Brian EnoComposer
Fran WalshWriter
Philippa BoyensWriter
Andrew LesnieCinematographyThe Lovely Bones
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
What critics thought
DivisivePeter Jackson's adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel landed with most critics as a tonal disaster — a film that can't reconcile its murder-mystery thriller elements with its pastel-colored afterlife fantasy. Saoirse Ronan and Stanley Tucci drew near-universal praise, but the question critics kept returning to was whether Jackson's visual maximalism actively sabotaged the emotional story underneath it.
“bold, daring original filmmaking, with arguably more emotional and intellectual meat to chew on than either the Rings trilogy or Kong”
Ian Freer·Empire
“Jackson gets the thriller scenes right”
Claudia Puig·USA Today
“an expensive-looking mess that fails to capture the mood, and the poetry, of its source material”
Stephanie Zacharek·Salon
“Jackson is too enamored with the idea of mixing heaven and the heebie-jeebies, so he's made the skeevy equivalent of a Mitch Albom book with some pulp fiction pressed between its covers”
Joe Neumaier·New York Daily News
Accolades
Genres
Fantasy, Drama
Cast & Crew
Peter JacksonDirectorSaoirse RonanSusie SalmonMark WahlbergJack SalmonRachel WeiszAbigail SalmonSusan SarandonGrandma LynnStanley TucciGeorge HarveyRose McIverLindsey SalmonMichael ImperioliLen FenermanCarolyn DandoRuth ConnorsChristian AshdaleBuckley SalmonReece RitchieRay SinghNikki SooHooHollyJake AbelBrian NelsonBrian EnoComposerFran WalshWriterPhilippa BoyensWriterAndrew LesnieCinematographyStream
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