In 1973, Susie Salmon, a 14 year old girl living in Pennsylvania with her parents, sister, and brother, dreams about becoming a photographer one day. One day Susie has film club and meets her crush speaks to her at her locker. He gives her a note and then they both leave.
Whilst walking home Susie walks through a corn field she runs into her neighbor, George Harvey, who coaxes her into an underground den that he says he has built for the neighborhood children. She starts to feel uncomfortable and trys to escape he grabs her and she kicks him in the face.and runs into the field and onto the street, rushing past Ruth Connors, a fellow classmate.
Meanwhile, the Salmon family becomes worried when Susie does not return home. Her father, leaves to search for her, while her mother, waits for the police.
In town, Susie sees her father, but he does not respond to her. Susie then runs home to find Harvey soaking in a bathtub. After seeing her charm bracelet hanging on the sink faucet near a bloody shaving razor, Susie realizes that she never escaped the den and was actually murdered by Harvey.
Screaming, she is pulled into the "In-Between", that is neither Heaven nor Earth. From there, Susie watches over her loved ones, unable to let go despite her new afterlife friend, Holly who trys to persuade her to go to Heaven.
Detective Len Fenerman thinks Susie was murdered by someone she knew. They interviewed everyone, including Harvey, Unable to find evidence, they left him. Te stress was to much for the family so the parents invite there alcoholic mother to stay.
Susie inspects a lighthouse and learns that Harvey, who has now targeted Lindsey (Susie's sister) as his next victim, has murdered six other females, including Holly, and that he stuffed Susie's body into a safe in his basement.
One night, Susie's dad, carrying a bat, trails Harvey into the cornfield. However, Jack accidentally stumbles across Susie's friend, Clarissa. Her boyfriend, Brian, who thinks that his girlfriend is being assaulted, nearly beats Jack (Susie's dad) to death while Harvey watches from a hiding spot.
However, Harvey returns home and hears Lindsey, who barely escapes and runs home to discover that her mother has returned. Not wishing to spoil the happy reunion of her parents, she hides the book from them and instead gives it to her grandmother. Scared of being caught, Harvey leaves the town, taking the safe with Susie's remains with him.
The realm in Susie's afterlife begins expanding into a larger heaven, and she is greeted by Harvey's other victims. She resists Holly's urging to enter heaven along with the others, claiming she has one final thing to do. Meanwhile, Ruth and Ray are present when Harvey drives up to dispose of the safe at a sinkhole dump site on the Connors property. Susie returns to Earth and enters Ruth's body, causing Ruth to faint. Ray rushes to Ruth's aid only to realize she has become Susie. They share a kiss, completing Susie's last wish, and she returns to Heaven, as Harvey drives away. Meanwhile, the safe is seen tumbling down the sinkhole before disappearing into the muddy water.
Sometime later, Harvey meets a young woman outside a diner and offers her a ride, but she rebuffs him and leaves. A large icicle falls from an overhead branch, hitting Harvey on the shoulder. He loses his balance on the ice and falls backward over a cliff to his death. Time passes, and Susie sees that her family is healing, which Susie refers to as "the lovely bones" that grew around her absence. As the film concludes, Susie finally enters Heaven, telling the audience: "My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name Susie. I was 14 years old when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. I was here for a moment and then I was gone. I wish you all a long and happy life."
Review
Personally, I think The Lovely Bones is a fairly spooky-ish movie and would recommend it to anybody to watch. Oh, It is a very sad movie too! But, i'm heartless so, i didn''t cry!
By @BIGtrist1000
WARNING: Based On True Story
