[Three stars] Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci Directed by Peter Jackson
Jackson explored similar territory in 1994’s shockingly good Heavenly Creatures. This time he stays within PG-13 parameters. The murder is unseen, the rape barely hinted at. The novel never flinched, the movie does. But Jackson, who builds jolting suspense when Susie’s sister enters the killer’s lair, is drawn to a spiritual dimension. He may oversaturate the Claritin-ad colours in Susie’s in-between place, but he infuses the film with a sense that what lies beyond may have the power to heal. All this is conveyed in the remarkable performance of Ronan, an Oscar nominee for Atonement. She and Tucci ”” magnificent as a man of uncontrollable impulses ”” help Jackson cut a path to a humanity that supersedes life and death.
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