The Lovely Bones A Disappointment

This is the first review of The Lovely Bones. I have read the book; didn’t like it that much, but am curious on how they could make a movie out of the story. Most of the book’s plot is a narrative of a young girl in heaven. Variety, below, calls the Peter Jackson movie a “significant artistic disappointment.”

Peter Jackson’s infatuation with fancy visual effects mortally wounds “The Lovely Bones.” Alice Sebold’s cheerily melancholy bestseller, centered upon a 14-year-old girl who narrates the story from heaven after having been brutally murdered, provides almost ready-made bigscreen material. But Jackson undermines solid work from a good cast with show-offy celestial evocations that severely disrupt the emotional connections with the characters. The book’s rep, the names of Jackson and exec producer Steven Spielberg, and a mighty year-end push by Paramount/DreamWorks will likely put this over with the public to a substantial extent, but it still rates as a significant artistic disappointment. ● More from: Read Variety’s Analysis Of The Movie The Lovely Bones

Oscar Shakeout: ‘Lovely Bones’ May Be Broken

The reviews are in, and Peter Jackson’s “The Lovely Bones” did not go over well tonight in London. Or anywhere else. ● More from: The Hollywood Reporter