So, let me preface this with a spiel about the book. I read the novel by Alice Sebold about 6 months ago and for me, I had never read a greater individual book, I still class it as the greatest book I have ever read. Now for the movie, contrary to most reviews, I personally liked the movie.
The story follows 14 year old Susie Salmon as she in murdered and then watches the world form an "in-between" and attempts to exact her revenge on her Murderer. There are certain changes form novel to film as there always will be, no novel translates directly to cinema (the Da Vinci code is a perfect example). But on a whole the point of the novel and it's themes come across into the film.
There are some fantastic performances as far as I am concerned form Stanley Tucci (Mr. Harvey) Saoirse Ronan as Susie, and Susan Sarandon as the grandmother who comes in to fix the shattered family.
Where most complains for the movie come-out are regarding the alleged 'overuse' of CGI. I saw this film and for the 1ts 40 minutes or so, there was none, then a bit for when Susie is in heaven and most of the time she is an a non-CGI forest. The CGI was necessary to differentiate the heaven and the real world otherwise audiences would be lost.
On the whole, a very good adaptation of a very hard-to-adapt book though not an absolute triumph of a movie, I had no problem with it. - 7/10
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