The Lovely Bones
“The story of a life and everything that came after...”
2009 · 2 h 15 min
Peter JacksonCast
Rachel Weisz 
Mark Wahlberg 
Saoirse Ronan 
Susan Sarandon 
Stanley Tucci 
Michael Imperioli
Credits
Written by: 
Fran Walsh
Plot
After a 14-year-old girl is murdered, she watches from an in-between place as her family copes and her killer goes free.
Sinekatalog’s take
Peter Jackson's visually bold fantasy-thriller has good moments but is tonally uneven.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Awards
- Irish Film & Television Awards 2009: Best Actress (IFTA Award for Best Lead Actress – Film) — Saoirse Ronan
Ratings
IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (194,283 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
If you liked this
Picked by director, genre, era and shared cast. Titles only, no spoilers.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 · Peter Jackson · IMDb 9.0 · Same director
- A Monster Calls 2016 · J. A. Bayona · IMDb 7.4 · Viewers also liked
- To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 · Robert Mulligan · IMDb 8.2 · Viewers also liked
- The Sense of an Ending 2017 · Ritesh Batra · IMDb 6.4 · Viewers also liked
- Jasper Jones 2017 · Rachel Perkins · IMDb 6.5 · Viewers also liked
- The Frighteners 1996 · Peter Jackson · IMDb 7.1 · Same director