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By Trust Created	Summary	Acting	Film	Edge	Reality
TRUST WEIGHTED	Barely OK	Very Good	OK	Risqué	Supernatural
AVERAGE	OK	Very Good	OK	Risqué	Supernatural
Wick 60 Trust Points Read Full Review » Trust This Reviewer WikChip - Image Sarandon was great, a rarity for this movie. More » Created Jun 20, 2010 11:06AM PST Edited Jun 23, 2010 10:44PM PST	Barely OK 2.0 Deeply unsatisfying, notwithstanding the top drawer talent that created it, this adaptation of a celebrated novel prove… More »	Good 3.0 Proving the axiom that bad characters are intrinsically more interesting that good ones, only Stanley Tucci’s serial mu… More »	Barely OK 2.0 Peter Jackson must have been attracted to this project because of the opportunity to use his vaunted visual effects tal… More »	Risqué 2.0 The movie pulls its punches, lessening its impact. In particular, savage violence is implied, not shown. More »	Surreal 2.8 The movie is littered with prosaic reality problems that have nothing to do with a murdered girl looking down from heav… More »
BrianSez 15 Trust Points Read Full Review » Trust This Reviewer WikChip - Empty Created May 22, 2011 02:27PM PST Edited May 22, 2011 02:27PM PST	OK 2.5 This movie has a great storyline: a raped murdered 14 year old girl telling her story from the soft-of-afterlife and so… More »	Very Good 3.5 Loved the cast. Rachel Weisz did well with what she had, as did the obviously dramatic Wahlberg. Susan Sarandon was O… More »	Barely OK 2.0 I hate to say it, but Jackson blew it with LB….. many people faulted this movie with an overdone CGI generated wispy … More »	Risqué 2.1	Supernatural 3.1
izzio 10 Trust Points Read Full Review » Trust This Reviewer WikChip - Empty Created Jan 18, 2010 08:23AM PST Edited Jan 18, 2010 08:23AM PST	Good 3.0 The Lovely Bones started great, but ended… well… not so great. The beginning was extremely creepy, dark, and chilli… More »	Perfect 5.0 Saoirse Ronan portrayed Susie Salmon in a perfect way, and Stanley Tucci played an excellent killer, and really had me … More »	Great 4.0 Overall, the film quality was pretty good. The music worked well, the dialogue wasn’t great, but the visuals were stunn… More »	Tame 1.2 Nothing sexual or violent happens, sin the murder is implied, but the overall theme of the movie is very very dark. More »	Supernatural 3.3 Quite unrealistic- what girl would go down in a little room inside a cornfield with some creey guy? More »

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Reality

TRUST WEIGHTED

Barely OK

Very Good

Risqué

Supernatural

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Very Good

Risqué

Supernatural

Wick
60 Trust Points
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Sarandon was great, a rarity for this movie. More »
Created Jun 20, 2010 11:06AM PST

Edited Jun 23, 2010 10:44PM PST

Barely OK 2.0

Deeply unsatisfying, notwithstanding the top drawer talent that created it, this adaptation of a celebrated novel prove…

Good 3.0

Proving the axiom that bad characters are intrinsically more interesting that good ones, only Stanley Tucci’s serial mu…

Barely OK 2.0

Peter Jackson must have been attracted to this project because of the opportunity to use his vaunted visual effects tal…

Risqué 2.0

The movie pulls its punches, lessening its impact. In particular, savage violence is implied, not shown.

Surreal 2.8

The movie is littered with prosaic reality problems that have nothing to do with a murdered girl looking down from heav…

BrianSez
15 Trust Points
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Created May 22, 2011 02:27PM PST

Edited May 22, 2011 02:27PM PST

OK 2.5

This movie has a great storyline: a raped murdered 14 year old girl telling her story from the soft-of-afterlife and so…

Very Good 3.5

Loved the cast. Rachel Weisz did well with what she had, as did the obviously dramatic Wahlberg. Susan Sarandon was O…

Barely OK 2.0

I hate to say it, but Jackson blew it with LB….. many people faulted this movie with an overdone CGI generated wispy …

Risqué 2.1

Supernatural 3.1

izzio
10 Trust Points
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Created Jan 18, 2010 08:23AM PST

Edited Jan 18, 2010 08:23AM PST

Good 3.0

The Lovely Bones started great, but ended… well… not so great. The beginning was extremely creepy, dark, and chilli…

Perfect 5.0

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

Great 4.0

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

Tame 1.2

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

Supernatural 3.3

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

May 22, 2011 2:36PM BrianSez	yeah – should have listened! lol
May 22, 2011 2:31PM Wick	Told ya it was just OK
Jun 24, 2010 12:07AM MJ5K	Haha, thank you.

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