The film is directed by award-winning Director, Peter Jackson. The movie is narrated by a 14 year old girl who was murdered by her creepy serial killer neighbor. After she is killed, young Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) looks down from heaven on both her parents (played by Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz) and her murderer.
Initially, the movie had me. The story moved along at a good pace, and you just knew Susie's dad was going to put things together and nail the creep who killed his little girl. Not! Just when you thought that was gonna happen, daddy gets his ass-kicked in a cornfield by some guy who happened to be there with his girlfriend. What?! Then, Susie's younger sister breaks into the killer's house and is able to nab some evidence, right before he planned to make her his next victim. But,the killer manages to get rid of Susie's body that had been hidden in an old safe for about two years, then rides off free to prey on other young women in a new place. Years later, we see his final death is caused by him losing his footing and plunging down a cliff after he was "mysteriously" struck in the neck by a falling icicle. What?!...Are you kidding me?
The ending of this movie killed the wonder of the rest of it for me. Still worth seeing, though.
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