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Created Jan 18, 2010 08:23AM PST • Edited Jan 18, 2010 08:23AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Good 3.0

   The Lovely Bones started great, but ended… well… not so great. The beginning was extremely creepy, dark, and chilling, when little Susie Salmon was killed by a hair raising old man. She is put in the “in-between”, basically purgatory, and she tries to guide her family and friends to her killer. It sounds pretty good right? Well, it turned into an extremely long and sappy drama that I really didn’t care about. Now, I would be giving this boring drama a 2, but the “in-between” just looked so incredibly beautiful. The CGI was extrodinarily well crafted, and it really kept my attention. This definitley isn’t Peter Jackson’s best.

4. Acting

   Perfect 5.0

   Saoirse Ronan portrayed Susie Salmon in a perfect way, and Stanley Tucci played an excellent killer, and really had me convinced.

5. Male Stars Perfect 5.0

6. Female Stars Perfect 5.0

7. Female Costars Perfect 5.0

8. Male Costars Perfect 5.0

10. Film

    Great 4.0

    Overall, the film quality was pretty good. The music worked well, the dialogue wasn’t great, but the visuals were stunning.

11. Direction Great 4.0

12. Play Good 3.0

13. Music Really Great 4.5

14. Visuals Perfect 5.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Tame 1.2

    Nothing sexual or violent happens, sin the murder is implied, but the overall theme of the movie is very very dark.

17. Sex Innocent 1.0

18. Violence Fierce 1.6

19. Rudeness Polite 1.0

21. Reality

    Supernatural 3.3

    Quite unrealistic- what girl would go down in a little room inside a cornfield with some creey guy?

22. Circumstantial Supernatural 4.0

23. Biological Supernatural 4.0

24. Physical Glib 2.0