A fourteen year old girl gets assassinated; she is now conveying the scenario of the place present between Earth and Heaven. She shows the struggle of people around her while they try to get help in discovering her lost body.
The talented cast struggles with, and is eventually failed by, the material. They are not aided by their director either, who seemingly stood slightly off screen and urged them to 'act bigger!'
Alice Sebold's evocative best seller proves to be more unfilmable than Tolkien's sprawling fantasy trilogy - a disappointment, yet it's impossible for anyone to do it better
