Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Rose McIver, Michael Imperioli
Rating: 3.5/4 stars
I have not read THE LOVELY BONES book. I love this movie. Rarely does a movie make me feel the way I felt after this. The performances of Tucci and Ronan are brilliant. Ronan carries the film. The only way we will care about the movie is if we really care about Susie Salmon, and Ronan's expressive eyes are a window into Susie's soul. Tucci gives us a villian with not an ounce of sympathy (something many actors can't do.) He doesn't expect you to like him, and you won't. The low point in this movie is Mark Wahlberg. He is wooden, devoid of emotion, and awkward. Poor Rachel Weisz was able to let her brilliance shine through even next to that terrible actor.
This movie was beautiful to behold. It has moments of self-indulgence, where they tell you things you already know, again and again; but, as my friend said, it was still pretty to look at. The scene where Susie's sister breaks into the murderer's house is executed with Hitchcockian brilliance. Kudos to Jackson for his breathtaking pictures of what it might be in the hereafter, he creates a living breathing world for Susie to inhabit. GREAT MOVIE!!
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