The Lovely Bones [DVD] [2009] | ![The Lovely Bones [DVD] [2009]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RIJ8ZgjPL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Nikki SooHoo
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 481
Format: Anamorphic, Colour, PAL, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), English (Original Language), English (Audio Description)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 129 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5051188158033
ASIN: B002OHCQIQ
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: June 28, 2010
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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 unrecognisable as the quiet, creepy neighbour 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. --A.T. Hurley
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 Young girl's mind July 12, 2010
Challenger
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I read the book back in 2005 and didn't really get it at the time. I've since read it again but concede that, on this occasion, I prefer the film adaptation. The film found a way through my emotional defences in a way that the book didn't.
It tells the story from different perspectives: the family's struggle to accept their loss; the killer's ability to hide behind a facade of respectability (he really could be your next door neighbour); the police's frustration at lack of evidence. But most importantly it explores Suzie observing life as it continues without her.
What I truly love about this story is that the victim doesn't just fade away. Suzy stays in our consciousness throughout.
The CGI images were wonderful, with the creative and inventive interpretation of a teenage girl's version of heaven a joy to behold. I think I would have big pink roses and butterflies in my version of nearly heaven too!
A very sad but beautiful film on so many levels. Just make sure you have a ready supply of handkerchiefs.
Magical Journey August 19, 2010
Michael
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The film the 'Lovely Bones' has a beautiful vision of the afterlife.
Also, it had an important message for me: that you need to get rid of vain passions such as anger towards the people that had hurt you if you want to enjoy the journey in your life. If this message applies in the afterlife (if there is one!), it must be still more truth in this life before death.
Blubbed all the way through! August 15, 2010
Janine Byrom
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Different to the book that I read a few years back but still fantastic! The murderer plays such a good part and you end up really really hating him!
The same images I had from reading the book August 5, 2010
katrina_marina
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jackson always presents vivid pictures, just the way you imagine the scene when you read the book - this is also of course a testimony to good writing, making it obvious. e.g. the sink hole - just how I pictured it; the street and house. The casting was wonderfully true to the book too. I watched the film with my teenage daughter - partly to get me out of broaching the subject myself, and partly because I recall how tenderly the subject was tackled. She enjoyed 'Juno' and I knew she'd be happy to watch this with me too. Some things are too much to watch with your Mum, let's face it. From the outset, Peter Jackson has the voice of teenage Susie Salmon narrate - and immediately the contrasts emerge between her happy-go-lucky viewpoint and the darkness brooding in her seemingly normal suburban setting. Jackson's simplicity of scene setting and delightfully light touch is another way of showing us, the viewer, how Susie sees the world, and it is charming. All the more horrific when her naivety is exploited - and the chilling words the perpetrator speaks to halt her: 'Be polite! used to intimidate. I have to say my daughter really enjoyed it, especially when the his last intended victim had something to say about it. She turned to me and laughed, but I had tears all down my face and couldn't speak for agest.
bit scary... September 6, 2010
mumma
Watched this with my 12 year old - bit creepy/scary in places, but a good film.
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