A soft blowing wind can sometimes resemble the sound of a distant voice, trapped somewhere. Is this purely happenstance, or is there a possibility that there really is a person trapped in the “in between”? This is one of the many questions asked in Director Peter Jackson’s newest release “The Lovely Bones” based on Alice Sebold’s 2002 novel.
The plot’s takes place in the early to mid seventies and follows a naïve fourteen-year-old girl by the name of Susie Salmon. Susie’s naiveness gets the better of her however when she falls into a trap set by the neighborhood creep. This eventually leads to her death, and thus the real plot begins, as Susie gets trapped in the “in between”. Now what is the “in between” you may ask? Well it is a realm between Heaven and Earth, comprised of flashes to earth events and dream-like scenery. She could easily go to Heaven, but she isn’t ready to leave Earth yet, so through a series of signals she sends to friends and family on Earth, she attempts to help them solve her murder.
Overall I would give this movie 4 out of 5 stars. The scenery was beautiful and the overall plot adaptation was wonderful. While some more character development would have been good, and some of the dark beauty of the novel was taken out, it was still a great movie, and worth watching.
