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The Lovely Bones

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

After a young teen is raped and murdered, she ends up in some sort of spirit world, where she meets other victims of the serial killer. She is able to look down on her family left behind and see what they are up to. She desires revenge against her killer, but is torn by her wish to see her family heal from their loss.

136 minutes, No persons under 13
Drama, Fantasy, Thriller.

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Credits
Cast	Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Saoirse Ronan, Stanley Tucci, Jake Abel, Susan Sarandon, Michael Imperioli
Director	Peter Jackson
Screenplay	Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, from the novel by Alice Sebold
Music	Brian Eno
Cinematography	Andrew Lesnie
Editing	Jabez Olssen
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2009
Produced by	WingNut Films, DreamWorks SKG, Film4, Key Creatives

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Thriller, drama
Language	Infrequently moderate
Nudity	None
Sex	Mild, infrequent innuendo
Violence	Fairly frequent, moderate, some blood, realistic
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Alcohol and tobacco use
Comments	Pretty impactful threat and menace.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
International Media
Box Office (USA)Sara Schieron	18
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	8
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	1
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	10
ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs	8
Metacritic.com36 critics	8
RottenTomatoes.com178 critics	10
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	7
Internet (IMDB)13591 Netizens	13

Average .. 46%	9

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