The Lovely Bones
DreamWorks SKG | Release Date: December 11, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
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Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
19
Negative:
10
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91
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
As someone new to the material, I found Jackson’s film soulful, respectful, masterful, horrifying, rending and emotionally true. It may not be the Lovely Bones that you have in mind, but it’s a fine and powerful one. Read full review
80
EmpireIan Freer
Like “The Lord Of The Rings,” The Lovely Bones does a fantastic job with revered, complex source material. As terrific on terra firma as it is audacious in its astral plane, it is doubtful we’ll see a more imaginative, courageous film in 2010. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
All this is conveyed in the remarkable performance of Ronan, an Oscar nominee for Atonement. She and Tucci -- magnificent as a man of uncontrollable impulses -- help Jackson cut a path to a humanity that supersedes life and death. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe Williams
Yet so much about The Lovely Bones is so skillfully orchestrated, from the chillingly methodical villainy to the thrillingly paced manhunt, we can accept that we're in the hands of a higher power. Read full review
70
TimeRichard Corliss
When else has the obscenity of child murder been the cause of such gravity and grace? Read full review
63
New York PostKyle Smith
It's all a gorgeous error, a bonfire of overreach. Read full review
63
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Though properly chilling when it’s supposed to be, it’s a film whose effects, script and performances keep it at arm’s length when it is supposed to be moving. Read full review
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