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The Lovely Bones
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPeter Jackson
Written byPeter Jackson
Fran Walsh
Philippa Boyens
Novel:
Alice Sebold
Produced byPeter Jackson
Fran Walsh
Carolynne Cunningham
Aimée Peyronnet
Executive producer:
Steven Spielberg
StarringSaoirse Ronan
Mark Wahlberg
Rachel Weisz
Susan Sarandon
Stanley Tucci
Michael Imperioli
CinematographyAndrew Lesnie
Edited byJabez Olssen
Music byBrian Eno
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
November 24, 2009 (2009-11-24)
(Royal premiere)
December 26, 2009 (2009-12-26)
(New Zealand)
January 15, 2010 (2010-01-15)
(United States)
January 29, 2010 (2010-01-29)
(United Kingdom)
CountriesNew Zealand
United States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$100 million[1]
Box office$226,402

The Lovely Bones is a 2009 film directed by Peter Jackson. The Lovely Bones is a film adaptation of the award-winning and best-selling 2002 novel of the same name by Alice Sebold. The film stars Saoirse Ronan in the lead role as protagonist Susie Salmon, along with Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz as her parents Jack and Abigail Salmon respectively in supporting roles.

Jackson and his producer partners acquired the rights independently and developed a script on their own, later selling it to DreamWorks. Principal photography for the film began in October 2007 in New Zealand and Pennsylvania, United States. After DreamWorks left the film, Paramount became the film's sole distributor.[2] The film's trailer was released on August 4, 2009 and clips from the movie were shown in July 2009.[3]

The film's North American release date has changed multiple times. Paramount gave the film a limited release on December 11, 2009, and is set to having a wider release on January 15, 2010. The film was released to mainly mixed reviews from critics; the story, and its message were generally criticized, with praise mainly aimed at the acting; particularly of Ronan and Tucci. In the film's opening weekend, in limited release, it grossed $116,616 despite only having been screened on three theaters, placing it at 30th place on the box office chart.[1] The film, as of December 26, 2009, has made over $226,000 thousand in North America; the film has yet to recover its $100 million budget.[1] The film, mainly its cast - particularly Tucci, has received various awards and nominations; notably including one Golden Globe and Screen Actor Guild nominations.

Plot

Further information: [[:Plot of the novel]]

On December 6, 1973, fourteen year old Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) is raped and murdered by a neighbor, George Harvey (Stanley Tucci), a serial killer of young girls and women. Susie finds herself in 'the in-between' - a Heaven-like place, observing her family as they grieve for her. She also watches her killer who, having covered his tracks successfully, is preparing to murder again. Her father Jack (Mark Wahlberg) is trying to figure out who murdered Susie. He has the pieces, but he can't fit them together. Susie struggles to balance her desire for vengeance on Harvey and her desire to have her family recover from their loss.[4]

Cast

Ronan, who was thirteen years old at the time of her casting and filming, was cast as Susie Salmon; a fourteen year old girl who is raped and murdered by her neighbor.[8] Through-out the film, Susie finds herself in the 'in-between' world in her afterlife; while she's in the afterlife she narrates watching her family grieve her and try to find her murderer.[8] Ronan and her family were originally hesitant for Ronan to accept her role in the film because of the rape and murder content; but after meeting with Jackson, their hesitation had eased.[8]

Wahlberg was cast as Jack Salmon; Susie's father, who tries to figure out who murdered her and become obsessively absorbed in his daughters murder case.[9][10] Wahlberg stated that his role in the film had encouraged him to be a more cautious parent with his three children and to talk to them more about 'not to talking to strangers.'[11] Prior to Wahlberg's casting, Ryan Gosling was set to play the role but had to drop out right before principal photography.[9][12] Gosling reportedly had dropped out of the film in October 2007, one month before filming.[13] Gosling, who had gained 20 pounds and grown a beard for the role, said that he'd dropped out of the role due to the age difference between him and the character, stating: "the age of the character versus my real age [of twenty nine] was always a concern of mine. Peter [Jackson] and I tried to make it work and ultimately it just didn't. I think the film is much better off with Mark Wahlberg in that role."[9][12][13]

Weisz was cast as Abagail Salmon; Susie's mother. After Susie's murdered her mother becomes 'despaired' after her daughters death.[10][11] Weisz stated that playing the character and the film and novels "uplifting theme" made her look at life as "treasure" and the film had given her a "positive feeling" rather than a "depressed" one.[11] Ashdale was cast as Buckley Salmon; Susie's younger brother.[10] Tucci was cast as George Harvey; a serial killer that is also Susie's rapist and murderer.[14][15] Tucci stated that he'd researched his role by watching documentaries and reading books by criminal profiler John Douglas about catching serial killers[16] Tucci stated that his wife, Kate, had strongly urged him not to accept his role in the film because she felt, after reading the novel, that film and his character was to 'harrowing.'[14]

Sarandon was cast as Lynn; Susie's grandmother.[17][18] Sarandon stated that her character is like a "comic relief" and that her character deals with the pain of Susie's death by drinking, smoking and shooting guns.[17][18][19] McIver was cast as Lindsey Salmon; the younger sister of Susie who is the first to suspect Harvey as has having been involved in Susie's death.[11][20] Jackson had casted McIver particularly because she was an unknown actress.[20] Mclver stated that she had read and been a fan of the novel prior to having been cast in the film.[11] Imperioli was cast as Len Fenerman; the detective that's in charge of investigating the Susie's death.[21] Ritchie was cast as Ray Singh; Susie's mutual love interest and friend.[22] Ritchie stated that his character is strongly impacted by Susie's death and his character in the film is the first to be suspected as having murdered Susie.[22]

Saxton was cast as Ronald Drake; one of Susie's murder suspects.[23] Dando was cast as Ruth Conners; a classmate of Susie's.[7][20] Jackson stated that after he'd searched all over the world for the role of Ruth - he ultimately choose to cast Conners - a relatively unknown actress, who was also a working as a waitress prior to her casting.[20] Michalka, a musician, was cast as Clarissa; Susie’s best friend.[24] SooHoo was cast as Holly; Susie's best friend in Heaven.

Cast members
Saoirse Ronan
Mark Wahlberg
Rachel Weisz
Amanda Michalka
Michael Imperioli
Susan Sarandon
Susie Salmon Jack Salmon Abigail Salmon Clarissa Len Fenerman Lynn

Production

In May 2000, Film4 Productions acquired feature film rights to Alice Sebold's novel The Lovely Bones,[25] when it was a half-written manuscript. Producer Aimee Peyronnet had sought to attract studio interest to the manuscript, and an insider informed Film4's deputy head of production, Jim Wilson, of the project.[26] The company attached Luc Besson and Peyronnet's production company Seaside to the project, two years before the novel's release.[25] By February 2001, Lynne Ramsay was hired to direct and write the film adaptation of the novel.[27] In July 2002, Channel 4 shut down Film4, causing Hollywood studios and producers to pursue acquisition of feature film rights to The Lovely Bones, which had spent multiple weeks at the top of the New York Times Best Seller list. The film adaptation, which had been estimated at a budget of $15 million, remained with Channel 4 under its newly developed inhouse film unit, with Ramsay still contracted to write and direct. By October 2002, Ramsay was writing the script with fellow screenwriter Liana Dognini, with filming planned for summer 2003.[26] Author Alice Sebold was invited by the producers to provide input on the project.[28]

In July 2003, the studio DreamWorks negotiated a first look deal with producer Peyronnet,[29] after DreamWorks founder Steven Spielberg had expressed interest in the project.[30] DreamWorks did not acquire the rights to the novel, and Ramsay was eventually detached from the project. In April 2004, producers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens entered negotiations to develop the project.[31] Jackson described the book as "a wonderfully emotional and powerful story. Like all the best fantasy, it has a solid grounding in the real world."[32] By January 2005, Jackson and Walsh planned to independently purchase film rights and to seek studio financing after a script had been developed. The producers sought to begin adapting a spec script for The Lovely Bones in January 2006, with the goal of script completion and budget estimation by the following May.[33]

Jackson explained he enjoyed the novel because he found "curiously optimistic" and uplifting because of the narrator's sense of humor, adding there was a difference between its tone and subject matter. He felt very few films dealt with the loss of a loved one.[34] Jackson foresaw the most challenging element in the novel to adapt was the portrayal of Susie, the protagonist, in heaven, and making it "ethereal and emotional but not hokey".[32] Saoirse Ronan explained Jackson chose to depict the afterlife as depending on Susie's emotions. "Whenever Susie feels happy, Heaven is sunny and there's birds and everything. Whenever it’s not so great, it's raining or she’s in the middle of an ocean."[35] Jackson quoted the book's description of "heaven" as being an "In-Between" rather than a true heaven, and he was not trying to paint a definitive picture of Heaven itself.[34]

"[I] basically add more violence and suffering, [the audience] wanted far more violence [...] They just weren't satisfied [...] We got a lot of people telling us that they were disappointed with this death scene, as they wanted to see [the character] in agony and suffer a lot more, we had to create a whole suffering death scene just to give people the satisfaction they needed."

Jackson tells Rueters on re-shooting Harveys death scene in the film in November 2009.[36]

A 120-page draft of the script was written by September 2006.[37] In April 2007, with the script completed by Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens, and Jackson intending to direct, the group of producers began seeking a studio partner to finance the film adaptation. Besides the major studios, smaller companies including United Artists were also contacted. New Line Cinema was excluded from negotiations due to Jackson's legal dispute with the studio over royalties from his Lord of the Rings trilogy.[38] Jackson sought a beginning $65 million budget for The Lovely Bones, also requesting from studios what kind of promotional commitments and suggestions they would make for the film adaptation.[39]

By May, four studios remained interested in the project: DreamWorks, Warner Bros., Sony, and Universal.[40] The Lovely Bones was sold to DreamWorks for $70 million.[41] Paramount Pictures received the rights to distribute the film worldwide. Production began in October 2007 in Pennsylvania and New Zealand.[6][12] Shooting in parts of Delaware, Chester and Montgomery Counties, including Hatfield,[42] Ridley Township, Phoenixville, Royersford, Malvern and East Fallowfield[43] lasted a few weeks, and most of the studio shooting was done in New Zealand.[37]

In December 2008, Brian Eno signed on to compose the film's score. Fran Walsh, a big fan of his work, suggested him to Jackson.[44] Jackson had called Eno to request using two of his early tracks to evoke atmosphere for the 1970s scenes in the film, when Eno asked if he could compose the whole score, which surprised Jackson since he had heard Eno did not like working on films. For the film's ending, Eno uncovered a demo he had done in 1973 and reunited with the vocalist to create a proper version for the film, commenting: "That song from 1973 was finally finished in 2008!"[45] In November 2009, Jackson stated that he re-shot new footage of Harvey's death scene after test audiences said it was not violent enough and wanted to 'see more of Harvey in pain.'[13][36]

Jackson stated that it was important to him that the movie receive a PG-13 so that the film could appeal to the widest possible audience, despite the necessarily violent nature of some scenes.[13]

Release

Strategy

Jackson at 2009 Comic-Con film festival. While at the film festival, Jackson talked about the film and screened a clip from the film.

The Lovely Bones was originally scheduled for release on March 13, 2009, but was delayed to December 11, 2009 as the studio became interested in releasing the film for "awards season", which gave Jackson an opportunity to make some effects shots larger in scope.[46] The film then received a limited theatre release on December 11, 2009, in the United States.[47] The film was originally set to have a wider theatre release on December 25, 2009 (Christmas Day),[48] as part of a campaign to build its momentum into January 2010.[49]

Despite having a December 25, 2009 release date, in early December it was confirmed that the release date had been pushed back by three weeks to January 15, 2010.[48][50] Paramount and DreamWorks did not give a reason for the change of the release date.[48] The film is set to be released internationally in January 2010; January 1 in New Zealand and January 29 in the United Kingdom respectively.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Paramount invested $70 million in production and an additional $85 million in worldwide marketing and distribution.[50] Jackson had a hand in marketing for the film.[51] In December 2009, the Los Angeles Times described the marketing and promotion of The Love Bones as having been a "heavy advertising campaign."[49] In late July 2009, as part of promotion, Jackson talked about the film at the 2009 Comic-con film festival.[51] While Jackson was at the Comic-con he also screened a four and a half minute clip of the film alongside screenings of District 9; a film that he, like The Lovely Bones, produced.[51]

As part of marketing for the film, in August 2009, people were allowed to enter a contest; which requires registering at Morefm.co.nz, to win a trip to Wellington, New Zealand for the New Zealand premiere of the film on December 14, 2009.[52] The offer included, if the winner lived outside of Wellington, a one night’s accommodation of a voucher - of flight or petrol - to Wellington.[52] As part of promotion for the film, a teaser trailer was released in August days before the film's official trailer.[53] The films official trailer debuted on the television series Entertainment Tonight in August 2009, and was released online shortly afterwards.[51][54] In August 2009, Jackson offered a 'behind the scenes look' of the film and discussed elements (mainly violence) in the films plot-line.[55]

Paramount had originally aimed the film at 'older movie goers', but after poor revenue and reviews, Paramount then decided to redirected the film to an audience in another age group.[49] After surveys showed that the film was favored more by females than any other demographic, the film was then aimed at 'young women.'[49] Paramount then began to screen the movie "aggressively for high school- and college-age girls" during the films limited-theaters release.[49] The Los Angeles Times stated that DreamWorks, had originally expected the film to appeal to a "sophisticated, adult audience," but after test screenings in the fall, it revealed that it wasn't favored by adults, but rather young females who had "reacted most favorably after seeing it."[49]

Box office

On December 11, 2009, the film was released to North America in a limited-theatre release and is scheduled to have a wider release on January 15, 2010. During the film's limited release of only playing on three theatre screens, the film was screened only in Los Angeles and New York.[19] The film, as of December 26, 2009, has grossed over $273,000.[1] Claudia Eller and Ben Fritz of the Los Angeles Times had felt that the film did poorly at the box office in the first few weeks of it's release because of both poor reviews and word-of-mouth.[49] During the opening weekend release of The Lovely Bones, the film was only shown on three screens nationwide and earned over $116,616 - averaging an estimated $38,872 per-theater revenue.[1] The film's revenue placed the film at thirtieth place at the box office chart.[1] In the film's second week of release, the film saw a 61.3% decrease with the revenue of $45,097, placing the film ay thirty-eight place - eight places lower than the previous week.[56] In the film's third week of release, the film, similar to the previous week had a decrease in revenue.[56] With a 15.7% decrease, the film made an estimated 38,000 over the holiday weekend, due to the films low revenue, it didn't place on the box office chart for the week.[56]

Reception

Critical reception

Despite the film receiving mixed reviews, various critics praised Tucci's performance and casting as George Harvey; Susie's killer in the film.

The film has largely received mixed reviews. The film currently holds a 40% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 92 reviews with an average score of 5.1/10.[57] Among Rotten Tomatoes's Cream of the Crop, which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television, and radio programs, the film holds an overall approval rating of 29% based on 17 reviews.[58] Another review aggretator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating from 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 43% based on 19 reviews.[59] Ian Freer of Empire gave the film 4/5 stars.[60] Freer felt that the "bold, daring original filmmaking, with arguably more emotional and intellectual meat to chew on than either the Rings trilogy or Kong.[60] Freer noted that like The Lord Of The Rings, the film "does a fantastic job with revered, complex source material" and that "as terrific on terra firma as it is audacious in its astral plane" it is "doubtful" that there would be a "more imaginative" and "courageous film" in 2010.[60]

Richard Corliss, of Time, wrote that "through [Peter] Jackson's art" and Ronan's "magic" the "obscenity of child murder has been invested with immense gravity and grace" and "like the story of Susie's life after death, that's a miracle."[61] Peter Travers, of Rolling Stone, felt that the film was "conveyed" in a "remarkable performance" by Ronan, and described Tucci as being "magnificent as a man of uncontrollable impulses" to "help Jackson cut a path to a humanity that supersedes life and death."[62] Travers praised Jackson for building "jolting suspense" Despite praising the film Travers noted that while the book "never flinched" the film does and while the "business is being transacted" by Jackson with a "lord of the Rings fantasy" the film "attunes himself to a family tragedy."[62]

Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film 2/4 stars, remarking that while "[Peter] Jackson gets the thriller scenes right", the "conceit of Susie trapped in a DayGlo world between the one she left and her final resting place, imparting lessons on coping with death, feels preachy."[63] Puig also described the film as having 'strike' "clashing tones" that veer from "lightheartedness to heavy-handedness."[63] Puig also criticized the films computer generated imagary, describing it as being "cheesy" and felt that it broke "no ground."[63] Kirt Honeycutt, of the Hollywood Reporter described the film as telling "a fundamentally different story" which is "one that is not without its tension, humor and compelling details" but that "it's also a simpler, more button-pushing tale that misses the joy and heartbreak of the original."[64] Honeycutt also described Jackson as having transformed Sebold's "startling, unique novel about the aftermath of a terrible murder" into a story that's more "focused on crime and punishment."[64]

[Alice] Sebold's book would've had a tough leap to the multiplex no matter who guided it. But [Peter] Jackson is too enamored with the idea of mixing heaven and the heebie-jeebies, so he's made the skeevy equivalent of a Mitch Albom book with some pulp fiction pressed between its covers.

Joe Neumaier of New York Daily News[65]

Stephanie Zacharek, of Salon.com, viewed the film as being "an expensive-looking mess that fails to capture the mood, and the poetry, of its source material" because "good actors fighting a poorly conceived script, under the guidance of a director who can no longer make the distinction between imaginativeness and computer-generated effects."[66] Todd McCarthy, of Variety, felt that Jackson had undermined the "solid work from a good cast" with a "show-offy celestial evocations" that "severely disrupt the emotional connections with the characters."[67] McCarthy stated that he felt that the film, overall, was a "significant artistic disappointment."[67] Joe Neumaier, of New York Daily News, described Jackson as having "siphoned out all the soulfulness" that made the author's "combination thriller/afterlife fantasy a best-seller" and that the film was "a gumball-colored potboiler that's more squalid than truly mournful."[65] Neumaier also felt that the film and Jackson 'wasted' a "good cast."[65]

Awards

The film garnered various nominations, mostly for Tucci's performance. The Lovely Bones received six nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards; three nomination's were for Ronan and Tucci and three were for the film's cinematography, art direction and visual effects.[68] Tucci's portrayal as Susie's killer earned him a nomination from the Golden Globe committee in the category of Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture[69] as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.[70] The film was also nominated for "Best Supporting Actor" (Tucci) and "Best Art Direction" from the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards.[68]

Award Category Nominee Result
67th Golden Globe Awards[69] Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Stanley Tucci Pending
16th Screen Actors Guild Awards[70] Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
2009 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards[68] Best Supporting Actor Nominated
Best Art Direction The Lovely Bones
2009 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards[68] Best Actress Saoirse Ronan Pending
Best Young Actor/Actress
Best Supporting Actor Stanley Tucci
Best Art Direction The Lovely Bones
Best Cinematography
Best Visual Effects

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