The Lovely Bones has got to be the most baffling, poorly written, jaw-droppingly bad book that I have ever set my eyes on.
I was glad that the sister found happiness and that her long-time boyfriend was such a stand-up guy.
I really wanted justice/validation for the dad and dog, as they knew he was guilty, but couldn't prove it. Yes, the killer dies, but the strain of what he did to that family nearly tore them apart. It also bothered me that the family never really got justice/closure. I almost stopped reading the book after that. It bothered me that she borrowed her friend's body to have sex with her crush. I have a 10 1/2 year old lab mix and held her and cried while reading that part. I bawled when her dog found her in heaven. As a mom, it was hard for me to read how the mom abandoned the family. It was a little bit of a tough read for me. That and you'll want to hug everyone you love for just a few extra moments.It was a little bit of a tough read for me. "The Lovely Bones" is not for the faint of heart, but there's a good chance it will make yours hurt a bit.
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The standout actor here is Tucci, who many may not recognize after his lovey-dovey supporting role in this year's " Julie & Julia." He is menacing and harrowing in "The Lovely Bones," the kind of monster you pray won't move anywhere near your zip code. Jackson takes a page out of his own "Heavenly Creatures" and makes the film look absolutely gorgeous, a dreamlike playground for the eyes. The script by Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens aims to frighten viewers and tug at their heart strings, and it excels at both. But like a shot of wheatgrass, this film doesn't go down easy. Susan Sarandon's comedic role helps to ease the trauma of it all, as does seeing "The Soprano's" Christopher (Michael Imperioli) on the other side of the law, playing a detective. "The Lovely Bones" is a sort of fantastical, sentimental horror movie, which left me both sad to the point of tears and deeply queasy. Susie doesn't feel ready to move on to heaven until she can help her family track down her killer, "the solitary man who lives in the green house." Her distraught father (Mark Wahlberg) in particular is nowhere near ready to let go. Ruth (Carolyn Dando), the girl next door, has a strange connection to the deceased and can tell she is occupying the "in-between," another way to describe purgatory. On her way home to dinner, a creepy neighbor (Stanley Tucci) lures her into his secret chamber in the ground, beckoning her to "be polite." Her life ends there. Paul McCartney's "Another Day" plays on her final morning. She's a regular girl - fond of taking countless photographs, embarrassed by the knitted winter hat her mom (Rachel Weisz) makes her wear, and smitten with a curly-haired senior (Reece Ritchie). It borrows elements from "Ghost" and "Our Town," and throws them into a colorful world of razzle-dazzle like the one in "What Dreams May Come." Set in 1973, "The Lovely Bones" follows Susie Salmon (" Atonement's" Saoirse Ronan) before and after her forced exit from the planet. That's not to say it's a perfect film, but it's certainly a powerful one. (Wait a sec - they wanted to see a child sexually assaulted and killed?) I don't share their disdain - in fact, "The Lovely Bones" really got to me. Some critics really despise it, deeming it style over substance and cursing Peter Jackson for leaving the brutal scenes from Alice Sebold's book to the imagination. A 14-year-old girl is raped and murdered by a pedophile in "The Lovely Bones," not quite the feel-good film of the year.
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