Peter Jackson fans hoping that the visionary director would recapture the magic that made
Heavenly Creatures an instant classic are best advised to put their expectations in check before watching his adaptation of Alice Sebold’s best-seller. But, while this gorgeously surreal drama never quite soars to the emotionally delirious heights of the film that established Jackson as a “serious” director, it does have some interesting things to say about how we all deal with grief in different ways, and offers a beautiful and unique vision of the afterworld.
Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) is just experiencing the pangs of first love when she’s...
Released:
2009
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
136 mins