The British Board of Film Classification had received 24 complaints stating that the films imagery was unsuitable for viewers aged 12. The film was based on a book by Alice Sebold and is about a young girl (played by Saoirse Ronan) who is murdered by a pedophile and she is entrapped in her own purgatory (even though it’s a lovely purgatory) until she can help her family find her killer. The film was given a 12 certificate by the BBFC and they stated in their report that "Many found the film to be a shocking and upsetting experience. The scene in which young Susie is entrapped by the killer, and the subsequent sequence in which the killer soaks in a bath after the murder, were compared by some complainants to scenes in ‘18’ rated horror films". The BBFC argued that the scenes were downplayed and I believe personally, that the film was very powerful emotionally and that the BBFC gave this a 12 rating to show the dangers for young girls. This film was an amazing way to teach young girls about the dangers and it continuously pulled on the heart strings. The complaints that had compared these scenes to 18 certificate horror movies, obviously do not watch horror movies. Watch Clive Barker's work (Book of Blood, Dread etc.) and then complain that Lovely Bones is compared to an 18 certificate horror film.
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