[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
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The Lovely Bones (2009)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:5
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.7/10
Genre: Dramas
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... [More]
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Saoirse Ronan
Director: Peter Jackson
Reviews for The Lovely Bones
1 - 9 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticIt's a great shame because Sebold's book showed us a world of pain, loss and love. That sense has been lost in translation.
11/24/09
So infuriatingly coy, and so desperate to preserve the modesty of its soulful victim that it amounts to an ongoing clean-up operation.
11/24/09
Top CriticJackson captures the grim essence of the novel even while compressing much of its character development and plot detail.
11/24/09
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.
11/24/09
The Lovely Bones, out on January 29, is [Jackson's] most mature, self-assured and visually dazzling release.
11/24/09
The film certainly plays well enough as a melodrama-cum-revenge thriller.
11/24/09
Top CriticJackson undermines solid work from a good cast with show-offy celestial evocations that severely disrupt the emotional connections with the characters.
11/24/09
Top CriticWhen else has the obscenity of child murder been the cause of such gravity and grace?
11/24/09
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