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[[File:LovelyBones_9987.jpg|frame|Run away, Susie!]]
{{quote|''"My name is Salmon, like the fish."''
''"First name, Susie."''
''"I was fourteen years old when I was murdered on December 6th, 1973."''
'''''The Lovely Bones''''' is a highly acclaimed, best-selling 2002 novel by Alice Sebold. Its heroine is Susie Salmon, who posthumously narrates the story of her family after her own rape and murder in December 1973. While she watches from her own private heaven, grief throws her family into disarray, and when the police investigation yields no clues, Susie's father and sister take matters into their own hands when clues lead them toward the actual murderer.
The book was adapted to film by [[Peter Jackson]] and released in 2009. It stars [[Saoirse Ronan]], [[Mark Wahlberg]], [[Rachel Weisz]], Stanley Tucci, and Susan Sarandon.
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* [[Adult Fear]]: The premise is based on the worst possible outcome of the "Oh shit, my daughter was supposed to be home hours ago; what if she's dead?" fear.
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* [[Almost Kiss]]: In the movie, Ray and Susie are about to kiss at school until a teacher and Ruth interrupt them in the hallway.
* [[Audience Shift]]: The book was marketed towards adults, although a lot of teenagers read it anyway. The movie was deliberately made tame enough that [[So My Kids Can Watch|the scriptwriters' kids could watch it]], and audience testing showed that teenage girls liked it much, much more than adults. As of this writing, it's being advertised heavily on fan blogs for ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]''.
** [[Roger Ebert]] noticed the shift and thought this and the whole film was [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207205320/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=
* [[Big No]]: Done straight, agonizingly so, when Susie realizes what has happened to her. Between this and [[The Lord of the Rings]], Peter Jackson directs the Big No quite well. (YMMV)
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Naturally, since Susie is dead, and also {{spoiler|Mr. Harvey is never caught by the police.}}
** Although {{spoiler|Mr. Harvey does die soon after leaving town, in a manner that's kind of foreshadowed in previous scenes.}}
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* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Stanley Tucci apparently had a ''lot'' of trouble in playing the part of Mr Harvey. In an interview, [[Peter Jackson]] describes Saoirse Ronan giving Tucci a hug after shooting ''that'' scene. You know the one.
* [[Men Are the Expendable Gender]]: In the novel, no fewer than three characters note, on multiple occasions, the tragedy of women and girls abused and murdered; male victims aren't mentioned at all. Apparently, men and boys raped, beaten, abused, murdered, etc. don't count.
** The novel takes place in the
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Quite a bit in the film, especially with Susan Sarandon as the comic relief.
* [[Mundane Afterlife]]: Susie's heaven is mostly just nice things from her life.
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