Storyline
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.
Directors
Cast
Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci, Saoirse Ronan, Jake Abel, Susan Sarandon, Tom McCarthy, Reece Ritchie, Michael Imperioli, Stink Fisher, AJ Michalka, Nikki SooHoo, Rose McIver, Carolyn Dando, Christian Thomas Ashdale, Andrew James Allen, Stefania LaVie Owen, Scott Evans, Catherine Corcoran
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Reviews
80
Empire
Like “The Lord Of The Rings,” 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.
70
When else has the obscenity of child murder been the cause of such gravity and grace?
60
It’s a movie that tips toward overkill--even Ronan’s voice is amplified into a weird whisper. More quiet would have helped.
58
A sad-but-hopeful, dramatic-but-gentle fairy tale intentionally made less upsetting for teens.
50
Newsweek
How do you literalize heaven? It's a problem moviemakers have struggled with forever, and Jackson hasn't solved it.
