She resists Holly's urging her to enter Heaven along with the others, claiming she has one final thing to do. Susie's afterlife begins expanding into a larger heaven, and she is greeted by Harvey's other victims.

Harvey has already fled his home – taking the safe containing Susie's body with him. She gives the notebook to her grandmother, who contacts the police. Harvey returns and almost catches Lindsey, but she escapes and rushes home to discover that her mother has returned. Upstairs, she finds a notebook containing a sketch of the underground den, a lock of Susie's hair, and news articles about Susie's disappearance. As Jack recuperates, Lindsey breaks into Harvey's house looking for evidence that he killed Susie. Brian, thinking they will be assaulted, bludgeons Jack nearly to death as Harvey watches nearby while Clarissa begs him to stop. However, Jack accidentally stumbles across a teen couple named Clarissa and Brian. One night, Jack, carrying a baseball bat, trails Harvey into the cornfield. Susie, in her afterlife, learns that Harvey, who has targeted Lindsey as his next victim, has murdered six other girls, including Holly, and that he stuffed Susie's body into a large safe in his basement. Feeling alienated from her husband, Abigail goes to California. Abigail's alcoholic mother, Lynn, moves into the house. Susie's sister, Lindsey, agrees with Jack's suspicions, but their casework takes a toll on Abigail. Fenerman is unable to find proof, as Harvey has carefully concealed the evidence. He researches neighbors and eventually suspects Harvey is the killer. Investigating Susie's disappearance with Detective Fenerman, Jack believes Susie was murdered by someone she knew. From there, Susie watches over her loved ones, and resists her new afterlife friend Holly's urging her to let go. Screaming, she is pulled into the ' In-Between', which is neither Heaven nor Earth. After seeing the bloody bathroom and her bracelet hanging on the sink faucet, Susie realizes she never escaped the underground hideout because Harvey murdered her. Susie runs home to find Harvey soaking in a bathtub. In town, Susie sees Jack, who does not respond to her when she calls. Her father, Jack, searches for her, while her mother, Abigail waits for the police. The Salmons become worried when Susie fails to return home from school. Inside, Susie grows uncomfortable and attempts to leave Harvey grabs her and the scene fades until she is seen rushing past her alarmed classmate Ruth Connors, seemingly fleeing Harvey's den. As Susie walks home through a cornfield, she runs into her neighbor, George Harvey, who coaxes her into an underground 'kid's hideout' he has built. One day, Ray, a boy she has a crush on, asks her out. In 1973, 14-year-old high school freshman Susie Salmon dreams of becoming a photographer. The film also received numerous accolades, with Tucci being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The Lovely Bones grossed over $44 million in North America. In the film's opening weekend, in limited release, it grossed $116,616, despite only having been screened in three theaters, placing it at 30th place on the box office chart. It was released to mainly negative reviews from critics the story and its message were generally criticized, with praise mainly aimed at the visual effects, Peter Jackson's direction, and the performances of Ronan and Tucci. The film's North American release date was changed multiple times, with a limited release on December 11, 2009, and a wider release on January 15, 2010. The Lovely Bones was first released on December 26, 2009, in New Zealand, and then internationally in January 2010.

The film's score was composed by Brian Eno.

Principal photography began in October 2007 in New Zealand and Pennsylvania. The plot follows a girl who is murdered and watches over her family from 'the in-between' and is torn between seeking vengeance on her killer and allowing her family to heal.Īn international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand, the film was produced by Carolynne Cunningham, Walsh, Jackson, and Aimee Peyronnet, with Steven Spielberg, Tessa Ross, Ken Kamins, and James Wilson as executive producers. It is based on Alice Sebold's 2002 novel of the same name and stars Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli, and Saoirse Ronan. The Lovely Bones is a 2009 supernatural thriller drama film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay he co-wrote with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.

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