The Lovely Bones
- 2009
- UK / US / New Zealand
- 2h 15min
- 12A
- Directed by: Peter Jackson
- Written by: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens
- Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli, Saoirse Ronan
- Website: www.lovelybones.com
The problems with Jackson's adaptation of Alice Sebold's popular novel run much deeper than the usual stumbling block of having a macabre subject matter. The casting is seriously misjudged, and, shirking away from the darkest elements of the novel, the tone and the aesthetic are completely wrong - where in the book, Susie (Ronan) resides in a 14-year-old's idea of heaven, Jackson seems to have designed the movie equivalent in a Salvador Dali museum.
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The Lovely Bones
17 Feb 2010
(12A) 135min The problems with Peter Jackson’s adaptation of Alice Sebold’s popular novel run much deeper than the usual stumbling block of having a macabre subject matter. The casting of Mark Wahlberg as the grieving dad is seriously misjudged…
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