This was the most anticipated film of the awards season for me. With a buzz that Peter Jackson was making a film based on this best selling book it was favored to be in Oscar contention (that was before people actually saw the thing). I will use this as a rule of thumb in the future, if a director is not taking his film to film festivals and making everyone think it is amazing... then it probably isn't.So I'm going to ruin the film for you now... so skip this paragraph if you don't want to know what happens... now that you've been warned... she dies. Not only does the main character die... but she dies in the first 20 minutes of the film. The idea behind the book, and one that no one knew is just how well it would translate to film. The story is of a dead girl looking down from heaven as her family struggles to cope with their loss and the killer who still lives on their block.
The problem with this film is that there is some very adult content, and themes/scenes that kids don't need to be watching. It has a PG-13 rating, yet there are scenes that are geared for a PG audience, then ones that should be R. There isn't an audience that will like this film. It was just awful, things didn't come together, the fantasy of what heaven is like just didn't work either. I feel bad for Mark Wahlberg and Saoirse Ronan for wasting their time on this film, they are more talented than this. Most of all I'm sorry for Stanley Tucci who turned in an Oscar worthy performance on a film that was just awful. People are taking notice and he should get some good parts in the near future. I see that he is already working on 4 more films right now, so we'll see.
Vote: 3/10
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380510/
P.S. - Sorry honey for asking you to read this book, thanks for your comparisons throughout the film.
Like I said- books like this make you appreciate the good ones even more. At least the book was better than the movie! (which isn't saying much...)
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