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The Lovely Bones (2009)

 -  Drama | Fantasy  -  15 January 2010 (USA)
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Centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her killer - from purgatory. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.

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A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body. Written by Anonymous

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heaven | neighbor | police | 1970s | death | See more »

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Drama | Fantasy

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Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving disturbing violent content and images, and some language | See all certifications »

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Desde mi cielo  »

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,637,579 (UK) (19 February 2010)

Gross:

£6,193,167 (UK) (19 March 2010)
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A small copy of Caspar David Friedrich's 'Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog' is visible in Jack Salmon's room. See more »

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Susie says, "I was murdered on the 6th of December 1973." The 6th of December was a Thursday in 1973. When the detectives go to question George Harvey, they ask him where he was last Wednesday. His whereabouts aren't important on that day because Susie was murdered on a Thursday. See more »

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Susie Salmon: [voiceover] I remember being really small; too small to see over the edge of a table. There was a snow globe, and I remember the penguin who lived inside the globe. He was all alone in there, and I worried for him.
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Pearls Before Swine
26 July 2011 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

This movie shouldn't be my cup of tea. I'm pretty cynical and my favourite film genres are sci-fi and horror in that order. However, this film blew me away.

I don't understand all of the negative reviews concentrating on the CGI. It's supposed to be depicting an other-worldly realm between earth and heaven - what do you expect / want to see if you go to Heaven, grim city streets with alleys full of garbage and low-lifes? I found the imagery to be exactly what I would hope from heaven - endless possibilities bounded only by imagination - and it delivered that feeling.

As for the plot and the acting, I thought it was first-rate from start to finish.

If you still have a soul in this cynical world then I'm sure you'll like it - don't listen to the miserable horde.


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