Irish actress shines in disappointing 'The Lovely Bones'

Few of the cast emerge with credit from Jackson’s deeply-flawed screen translation of Alice Sebold’s emotional and literate novel, but you can certainly exclude young Ronan from this assessment … the Irish lass is growing into a fine, mature actress with a wonderful future.

Director: Peter Jackson

Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucco, Susan Sarandon, Rachel Weisz