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The Lovely Bones (2009)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:7

Rotten:5

Average Rating:5.9/10

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for mature thematic material involving disturbing violent content and images, and some language.

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Dec 11, 2009 Limited

Synopsis: Oscar winner Peter Jackson directs this adaptation of Alice Sebold's beloved novel THE LOVELY BONES. After she is killed, young Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan, ATONEMENT) looks down from heaven on... Oscar winner Peter Jackson directs this adaptation of Alice Sebold's beloved novel THE LOVELY BONES. After she is killed, young Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan, ATONEMENT) looks down from heaven on both her parents (played by Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz) and her murderer. [More]

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Saoirse Ronan

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Saoirse Ronan, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli

Director: Peter Jackson

Director: Peter Jackson
Screenwriter: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens
Producer: Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham, Aimee Peyronnet
Composer: Brian Eno
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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The Lovely Bones does a fantastic job with revered, complex source material. As terrific on terra firma as it is audacious in its astral plane, it is doubtful we’ll see a more imaginative, courageous film in 2010.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
11/27/09
Ian Freer
Ian Freer
Empire Magazine

The real let-down is its heavy reliance on overblown special-effects sequences to represent the celestial limbo.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
11/27/09
Dave Calhoun
Dave Calhoun
Time Out

Even better than The Lord Of The Rings trilogy.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
11/27/09
Sun Online

[Ronan] captures the uncertainty and intensity of thwarted teenage passions perfectly but, set against the artifice and the manipulative tendencies of the story, her admirable performance is rather swamped.

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11/25/09
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]

The film certainly plays well enough as a melodrama-cum-revenge thriller.

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11/24/09
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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Jackson undermines solid work from a good cast with show-offy celestial evocations that severely disrupt the emotional connections with the characters.

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11/24/09
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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It's a great shame because Sebold's book showed us a world of pain, loss and love. That sense has been lost in translation.

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11/24/09
Baz Bamigboye
Baz Bamigboye
Daily Mail [UK]

So infuriatingly coy, and so desperate to preserve the modesty of its soulful victim that it amounts to an ongoing clean-up operation.

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11/24/09
Xan Brooks
Xan Brooks
Guardian [UK]

Jackson captures the grim essence of the novel even while compressing much of its character development and plot detail.

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11/24/09
Mike Goodridge
Mike Goodridge
Screen International

When else has the obscenity of child murder been the cause of such gravity and grace?

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
11/24/09
Richard Corliss
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
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Lovely Bones is a touching, at times distressing film. It deals with loss, grief, rage, familial breakdown and love, most of all love. But it’s also energetic and entertaining.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
11/24/09
Jamie Graham
Jamie Graham
Total Film

The Lovely Bones, out on January 29, is [Jackson's] most mature, self-assured and visually dazzling release.

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11/24/09
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