The Lovely Bones | 
 enlarge | Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  148 reviews
Sales Rank: 1792
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 136 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 097363524243
UPC: 097363524243
EAN: 0097363524243
ASIN: B001QOGYAO
Theatrical Release Date: December 11, 2009
Release Date: April 20, 2010
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Product Description
After a fourteen-year-old girl is murdered, she reaches out from the afterlife to help her family find her killer and move on with their lives.
Amazon.com
Director Peter Jackson takes a personal, risky leap in his direction of the film version of Alice Sebold's bestselling novel The Lovely Bones. Yet the leap pays off, in emotional depth and riveting visuals that transport the viewer to other worlds--even ones the viewer may not want to visit. The Lovely Bones is lofted by its star-making performance by the young Saoirse Ronan (Atonement), who plays Susie Salmon, the 14-year-old girl who is murdered early in the film, and who narrates the action from her "in-between place" after dying but before going to heaven. Ronan makes Susie as earthy and awkward as any young teen, yet her presence, and her gorgeous pale eyes, remind viewers that she's otherworldly too. The Lovely Bones takes some big departures from the book, as many critics have pointed out, but it works well on its own merits. The drama involves how (even whether) Susie's family will recover after her ghastly murder, and what happens to her killer and the futile-seeming search for justice and closure. The entire cast is stellar, including Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz as Susie's nearly destroyed parents; the composed young New Zealand actress Rose McIver, who plays Susie's younger sister, whom Susie watches grow up to be the young woman that Susie will never get to be; and Susan Sarandon, the boozy, wisecracking grandmother who may or may not be able to help keep the family from splintering into a million pieces. The other true standout is Stanley Tucci, almost unrecognizable as the quiet, creepy neighbor who kills Susie, obsessing over every detail and perhaps having left a whole trail of gruesome murders in his shambling wake. Jackson's deft direction keeps the mourning humans moving along believably, numbly, and gives breathtaking life to the afterlife, in scenes of fantasy and dread that recall his Heavenly Creatures. The film is rated PG-13 but is not recommended for younger teenagers because of its intense subject matter, though handled delicately. --A.T. Hurley
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 Not what it could have been September 7, 2010
E. Beckstrom (Indiana, USA)
I really wanted to like this flick. While I thought the novel was a bit overhyped, it seemed like it could make a great movie. Here is what I liked: the acting is good, especially Saoirse Ronan, and the way in which Suzie's heaven is portrayed I think in ways that enhance that aspect of the novel.
Once again, however, Peter Jackson shows a lack of judgment in relation to tone and editing. The soundtrack is often jarring, whith 70's rock infused at moments which should be moving, or at least not play like something from VH1's "I Love the 70s" (though I have to admit it was kind of cool hearing some Brian Eno in a major studio film). No spoiler here, just an inconsequential example: one sequence has the grandmother running round doing chores etc. while the soundtrack blares a rocknroll song from the era, with the whole sequence edited like a bad sitcom or a lame Disney movie montage. Jackson's inability to maintain a consistent and appropriate tone ruins what had the potential to be a classic. I also think there are moments of less consequence (plot-wise, character-wise) which could have been edited down in favor of developing more important items; for example, the interplay between Suzie and her sister, an important aspect of the novel, is all but lost as too much time is spent showing the killer's POV. A shame.
 trust your own taste September 7, 2010
kotchinka
I bought this with some trepidation, as it had some negative reviews, and I feared that it would deviate from the novel, or worse be a "teen horror flick" but it was luminous, visually, emotionally, and spiritually. Peter Jackson did the story, credit. Saoirse ronan was perfect as Susie. A movie can never be as complex and thought provoking as the novel it is based on; but the message of both came through clearly; namely that out of tragedy, violence and horror, can come not only healing, but a transcendant spiritual triumph as well. Susan Sarandon's portrayal of the grandmother gave a touch of comic relief, perhaps to reminder that life always goes on, in bumpy uneven ways. I highly recommend this movie, not as a replica of the novel, but as a complementary addition, or to anyone who enjoys uplifting fantasy.The Lovely Bones (Two-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray]
Beautifully Done August 27, 2010
Kazza
I gave the movie a try since I fell in love with the book when it first came out. I think Peter Jackson did a fantastic job with this film. The beauty in the film and the way some of the scenes were filmed deserves acknowledgment. Obviously this is a rather dark subject and at times a dark film, but I think that it is still enjoyable. The audience probably appreciates the lack of some rather specific and horrific descriptions from the book. I recommend giving it a try, especially if you read the book and liked it.
Serial Killers Must Die August 17, 2010
Aurum Rabosa (The Great Basin)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
17 years ago we drew slips of paper for our term paper assignments in forensic science at Harvard. I got the hardest, serial killers. What I learned still haunts me to this day. The press is constantly getting it wrong mixing up mass murders with serial killers. Serial killers get a degree of pleasure I seriously doubt we normal people can understand. They're wired wrong. But once they discover that the dominance and control they exert over their victims gives them the ultimate thrill they cannot stop. They rehearse, they practice, they study, they strive for perfection in kidnapping and murder. If caught they can no longer enjoy their ultimate thrill. They can only lie in their prison bunk, masturbating to their memories, awaiting execution. Think about the ultimate thrill, is it jumping out of an airplne for your first parachute jump, is it climbing El Capitan, is it scuba diving to maximum depth and looking up to see the surface hoping the bends will not defeat you, is it surfing a 60 foot wave, is it riding a bike on the edge of a cliff, or racing it down a steep moutain through the trees? A serial killer's rush is greater. Alice Sebold must have some profound insight into the psyche of the serial killer. Now I have to read her book.
 What a beautiful movie ! August 13, 2010
Gilberto Dotti Cesa (Flores da Cunha, RS Brasil)
I read a review in Highdef Digest by Aaron Pack and this movie received 1,5 stars. I just can say this "reviwer" doesn't have the minimum conditions to write about movies. The lovely bones has a good story, great visual, and sometimes it is tense, sometimes it is sad, but always very beautiful. Sorry Aaron Pack, you are in the wrong work !!!
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