As viewers, they will get to know Susie from the various flashbacks in the movie that show her interest in photography, her crush on a boy at school, and her day to day life with her parents and siblings. However, I read that the movie was intentionally made less upsetting for teens.The movie will scare some teenage girls. The movie was scary, I was on edge in most of the scenes.There’s no indication that Susie gets raped, as she does in the novel, and her murder occurs off screen, but knowing what happened is creepy.Susie’s grandma (Susan Sarandon), who enjoys her liquor, adds some humor to the movie as she demonstrates her terrible housekeeping skills when she comes to take care of the kids. Their marriage is also strained from the stress of this horrific event in their lives. Her dad is determined to find the killer, and her mom is in denial, sealing off Susie’s bedroom. Parents will relate to what Susie’s parents are going through. This could bring up a good discussion with kids about safety and to follow their instincts. When the neighbor wants to show Susie something that he made for the neighborhood kids, Susie is curious, but a little apprehensive, though she follows him, and that’s the beginning of the end for Susie. Susie watches her family and friends heal from their loss and search for her killer.Īs parents we always tell our kids, “Don’t talk to strangers.” Well, in this movie the murderer is a neighbor, someone who she knows and trusts. She tells us her story by narrating everything that happens from “in-between” somewhere between earth and heaven. She lives happily in a suburban neighborhood in Pennsylvania with her parents and 2 younger siblings. This is the story of the murder of a 14 year-old girl named Susie Salmon. “The Lovely Bones” is based on the 2002 bestselling novel by Alice Sebold.

The lovely bones killer