Review of The Lovely Bones (2009) by Eric H — 25 May 2013
The film does look absolutely beautiful, with beautiful scenery and cinematography. The score gives a haunting, eerie and intoxicating quality too. While the story is flawed, there is a good atmosphere especially in the more chilling scenes, where they are quite chilling and that's an understatement.
Apart from two performances, the acting is quite good. The best performance comes from the very promising child actress Saiorse Ronan, who is just tremendous here. Stanley Tucci is very chillingly effective too, and Mark Wahlberg is surprisingly good.
The two performances I wasn't so taken with were Rachel Weisz, who is wasted, and the normally solid Susan Sarandon, who overplays quite badly.All in all, an okay if inferior adaptation. .
This review of The Lovely Bones (2009) was written by Eric H on 25 May 2013.
The Lovely Bones has generally received mixed reviews.
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