The Lovely Bones

3.25
    The Lovely Bones
    2009

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • 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

    Recommendations

    • 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

      Time

      When else has the obscenity of child murder been the cause of such gravity and grace?
    • 60

      Time Out

      It’s a movie that tips toward overkill--even Ronan’s voice is amplified into a weird whisper. More quiet would have helped.
    • 58

      Entertainment Weekly

      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.
    • 50

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Jackson and his team tell a fundamentally different story. It's one that is not without its tension, humor and compelling details. But it's also a simpler, more button-pushing tale that misses the joy and heartbreak of the original.
    • 50

      The New Yorker

      The Lovely Bones has been fashioned as a holiday family movie about murder and grief; it’s a thoroughly queasy experience.
    • 50

      The A.V. Club

      For all its successes, Bones remains more crafted than sincere, more meant to look achingly pretty on the screen than to resonate in the heart.

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