The Lovely Bones (DVD) Reviews

I read this book some time ago and loved it, so was reluctant to watch the film as they never seem to measure up. When I finally watched it, it didn't measure up but I thought is was an ok film. It is the story of Susie Salmon, a girl who was murdered by a local paedophile at the age of 14, so it is heart wrenching stuff right ...  Read the complete review

This film will have you in tears and there is no doubt about it! If it doesnt then gosh there is some emotional deficiency for there is no one I have known that has not seen this film without crying and especially if you have a daughter it will make you cry even more.! Ok so Im not currently selling this but trust me it is a ...  Read the complete review

I wasn't too sure what to expect from this film. Having read a lot of the book but not quite finishing it, I had a good idea of what the film was about and wondered how well they would adapt it. Parts of it have been changed slightly but what they have changed worked well. Mark Wahlberg played serious quite well even though I am a bigger ...  Read the complete review

Films are often hard to create from a book and usually they dont do the book justice and this film is no different. However having read the book and watched the film I must say i do like them both but prefer the book. The story is simple a young girl is murdered by her peodophile neighbour who then hides her body in a safe which in the ...  Read the complete review

Anyone who regulary reads my reviews will by now know full well I am by no mistake an avid reader and that I'm more of a movie fanatic. However a very long time ago I read the book 'The Lovely Bones' By Alice Sebold that this movie is based on and for once I didn't for a minute want to see the movie because, well I loved the book and ...  Read the complete review

If you believe the vast majority of people who read Alice Seebold's novel before it was made into a film, transferring this to screen was always going to be a difficult job. Having not had the experience of reading it, I was nevertheless intrigued with the storyline of a girl who watches her friends and family immediately after her ...  Read the complete review

As we all know, the only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it, and one late evening instead of going to bed on time I yielded to the temptation to watch a film till late, and the film happened to be The Lovely Bones. I saw it advertised previously and running ahead of the review I can say that the trailer was much better than ...  Read the complete review

The lovely Bones: Directed by Peter Jackson I had been meaning to watch this film for a long time, but for some reason I was put off watching it even though i've loved every film Peter jackson has ever made. So last night I curled up with the popcorn and decided to give it ago. The basic plot: The story is ...  Read the complete review

So i wasn't sure if i would like this film i had been warned by several people that it was difficult to watch...they weren't wrong! The film is the story of susie salmon who is murdered by a man who lives on her street, the film then shows her watching her family members from heaven and how they deal with her death. I'm still ...  Read the complete review

I bought this DVD a few months ago having heard mixed reviews from friends. The film is admittedly quite weird with its unusual changing landscapes in the place where you go when you die but aren't quite ready to leave your old life behind and go to Heaven. The subject of the film can be quite distressing but Stanley Tucci, ...  Read the complete review

I actually haven't read the book but had heard alot of good things about it before watching the film. First thing i would say is that I found Peter Jackson to be a quite bizarre choice to direct this film. I'm not altogether sure that it was ever going to be the right fit. I also think that any intelligent movie goer is ...  Read the complete review

Murder and rape are horrible, vile and disgusting acts. But it's even more disturbing to see that director Peter Jackson doesn't seem to agree. It's cruel not only to the victims but also to those around them. They are the ones who often have to deal with the aftermath of the attack; how do you handle losing someone you loved so deeply? ...  Read the complete review

This is my opinion on The Lovely Bones film vs book. I recently finished reading the lovely bones which in places i found hard to put down, but as i chose to read it when i was supposed to be doing uni work, or on the train, it took me longer to finish than i would have hoped. This was even more disappointing when I reached ...  Read the complete review

Peter Jackson has a good track record with literary adaptations, and his early work Heavenly Creatures has obvious similarities with Alice Sebold's novel. Both these facts make The Lovely Bones an enticing filmic prospect. There's some great acting to be seen, particularly from an excellent Stanley Tucci, Saoirse Ronan and a hilarious ...  Read the complete review

Intro..... Having heard mixed reviews about this film, I was eager to see it for myself. My husband, being more a fan of "action" or "boys" films had to be dragged along, but this seemed like my type of plot from what I had read (I had not read the book, just short reviews) and it was a film I was very ...  Read the complete review

--- This is a film only review--- The other day I went to the cinema to watch a romantic comedy "It's complicated" as a cheer-me-up movie. Unfortunately, I went through a wrong door and ended up in the room where "Lovely Bones" were screened. The film was on my list of movies to watch so I decided to stay ...  Read the complete review

Having considered The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold to be my favourite book for years, I have a complaint about the film version...it just wasn't long enough! Compelling from the start, with an excellent cast that before viewing I would never have believed could have worked, the film does a great honour to the Sebold novel that it is ...  Read the complete review

The Lovely Bones is a deeply emotional tale of murder, grief and loss; a poignant, tragic yet uplifting story that addresses the eternal question of what happens when we die. A tale of the brutal murder of a young girl (Susie Salmon) who continues watching over her family from some place in between heaven and earth, it is both compelling ...  Read the complete review

On reading the reviews for this film after returning from seeing it at the cinema, I was somewhat surprised. I had heard some people saying that it was a poor adaptation of a wonderful book, but I assumed these people who did not enjoy the film were a minority. It seems, though, that I, having enjoyed it, am the real minority. ...  Read the complete review

I read the book of The Lovely Bones about 3 years ago and really enjoyed it. The style of writing and the story itself both combined to make it a truly moving book. Fastforward to 2010 and the film hits the cinemas. Whilst I was initially keen, after having heard that the story had been changed in the film, I decided I wasn't going to ...  Read the complete review