The Lovely Bones fingerprintBig heart, strong craft, no humor.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family and growing up.
Serious throughout
Family, faith and meaning, and crime
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, direction, and storytelling
Standout cinematography, score, and editing
A distinctive visual signature.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
The Lovely Bones is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family and growing up.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving, melancholic, and wondrous. Much of it is about family and growing up.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
Family, faith and meaning, and crime
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around family, faith and meaning, and crime. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, direction, and storytelling
The performances, direction, and storytelling stand out.
Standout cinematography, score, and editing
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the cinematography, score, and editing stand out.
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The Lovely Bones is included with a subscription to fuboTV and Paramount+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy and YouTube Free. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 49/100 (IMDb 6.6, Rotten Tomatoes 30%, and Metacritic 42). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG-13 in the United States. Content advisories: violence, sexual content, and disturbing imagery.
2 h 16 min
The Lovely Bones runs 2 h 16 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Audiences rate The Lovely Bones higher (60) than critics (36). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $65 million to make and earned $94 million worldwide, 1.4 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United Kingdom, New Zealand, United States.
+90GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Lovely Bones in 104 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 68 storytelling tropes for The Lovely Bones, including Shout-Out, Demoted to Extra, Hypocritical Humour.
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