The Lovely Bones

2009 • 135 minutes

About this movie

From Academy Award winning director Peter Jackson comes the extraordinary story about one girl's life, and everything that came after. When 14-year-old Susie Salmon was murdered, she left her unfinished life behind. But now from her place in a strange but beautiful in-between world, she must help her father catch her killer and protect her family before she can finally move on. Filled with thrilling suspense, hope and the redeeming power of love, it's "One of the best films of the year. Incredibly powerful." -- Harry Knowles, Ain't it Cool News

Ratings and reviews

I have watched this film so many times that right from the start when she says 'My name is Suzy salmon...' I cry :') such an emotional film but I LOVE IT.

This film will have you screaming at the screen to save the girl. An exceptional film with powerful acting and cinematography. A haunting soundtrack ups the fervour of the intensity. A must see movie.

A hauntingly beautiful film , undeserving of the bad reviews. Evocative dealing with murder from the point of view of the victim, the deceased and her relatives without gore and sensationalism, The narrator, a young teen helps us to explore the emotions and feelings of the bereaved as the film explores the different pathways each character takes to come to terms with their grief. In the end the killer himself died accidentally, or was it? Throughout the film, ice, snow and icicles abound in symbolism at significant points in the story and most fittingly at the end.