The Lovely Bones (2009) starring Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci. Directed by Peter Jackson. Ronan plays Susie Salmon, the 14-year-old girl who is murdered early in the movie. We, the viewers, know how it happened and we know who did it: George Harvey (Tucci), a solitary man who lives in the neighborhood. Two questions arise: One, does the movie work as a movie, and two, does the movie live up to the book? The answer to the first question is, Pretty well, and the answer to the second question is, Not quite. There's a whole subplot that involves Sarandon as the crazy, alcoholic grandmother who comes to "help" -- which is amusing enough, but the movie could have done without her. Major changes have been made to the book -- characters have been added, and Susie has a romantic interest. More importantly, the film just can't capture the complexity of emotion that is experienced in reading the book. The subtitles are very good. Grade: B
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