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The Lovely Bones (2009)

PG_13 135 min  -  Drama | Fantasy | Thriller  -   15 January 2010 (USA)
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Ratings: 6.6/10 from 62,305 users   Metascore: 42/100 
Reviews: 526 user | 278 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com

Centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her killer - from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.

Director:

Peter Jackson

Writers:

Fran Walsh (screenplay), Philippa Boyens (screenplay), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Wahlberg ...
Rachel Weisz ...
Susan Sarandon ...
Stanley Tucci ...
Michael Imperioli ...
Saoirse Ronan ...
Rose McIver ...
Christian Thomas Ashdale ...
Buckley Salmon (as Christian Ashdale)
Reece Ritchie ...
Carolyn Dando ...
Nikki SooHoo ...
Holly (as Nikki Soohoo)
Andrew James Allen ...
Jake Abel ...
Amanda Michalka ...
Clarissa (as AJ Michalka)
Thomas McCarthy ...
Principal Caden (as Tom McCarthy)
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Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

Heaven | Neighbor | 1970s | Investigation | Rape  | See more »

Taglines:

The story of a life and everything that came after...

Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Country:

USA | UK | New Zealand

Language:

English

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Desde mi cielo See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$116,616 (USA) (13 December 2009) (3 Screens)

Gross:

$43,818,839 (USA) (7 March 2010)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital  | DTS (as dts) | SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The end credits take up 15 minutes of the film's running time. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: The safe in which Susie's corpse is hidden obviously weighs way too much for a single person to move, yet the killer somehow manages to move it out of his basement and into his car without anyone's help and within little time. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
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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Connections

Featured in "Breakfast: Episode dated 12 February 2010" (2010) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Christmas Song"
(1945)
Written by Mel Tormé (as Mel Torme) and Robert Wells
Performed by Shigeru Umebayashi
Courtesy of Block 2 Music See more »