Released by: Dreamworks Release Date: December 11th, 2009 (limited theatrical) January 15th, 2010 (Wide Release) Starring: Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Saoirse Ronan, and Stanley Tucci Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson Directed by Peter Jackson Rated PG-13 (mature thematic material involving disturbing violent content and images, and some language) These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence. The connections, sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent., that happened after I was gone. And I began to see things in a way that let me hold the world without me in it. Having walked out of the theater after viewing The Lovely Bones , I asked myself if it was a good film. I liked what I saw, but I was having doubts. Here we have a film that has gotten a lot press about what did and did not make it into the film. That press had gotten to me and I had to