Review of The Lovely Bones (2009) by Nate E — 20 Mar 2012

Amazing, visually stunning and heartbreaking. Hard to watch in parts.

This review of The Lovely Bones (2009) was written by Nate E on 20 Mar 2012.

The Lovely Bones has generally received mixed reviews.

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Its edgy arthouse type filmogrophy was dope. Scaredest I;ve ever been cooked seriouslu. Stanley Tucci did amzing. x…

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As the murderer, Stanley Tucci is intensely creepy but, like almost everybody else in this movie, he’s more gothic figment than flesh and blood…

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Oh Peter Jackson. In an alternate universe, he still only made classic movies like 'Meet the Feebles' and Heavenly Creatures…

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Great books donâ(TM)t always translate to good movies, and this is probably the poorest example of that…

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How do you literalize heaven? It's a problem moviemakers have struggled with forever, and Jackson hasn't solved it…

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Has some strong scenes with Stanley Tucci and some good visuals and music but the story is pretty stupid…

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By Amalia H (2) on 15 Dec 2017

The film's main focus is to show off the CGI, which might look nice, but shouldn't take the focus away from the actual plot…

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