The Lovely Bones (2009)

Peter Jackson gets in touch with his softer side with this adaptation of the Alice Sebold novel. Having read the latter a couple of years back, I was curious to see how it would translate to the big (42") screen. Overall, I was quite impressed. Jackson showed admirable restraint in his use of special effects (if you suffered through Return Of The King, you know what an effort this must have been...), and managed to remain pretty faithful to the feel -- and plot -- of the book. Also noteworthy was the poignantly atmospheric soundtrack by Brian Eno.