Set in 1973, the story is narrated by Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan), a 14-year-old girl from the small town of Norristown, Pennsylvania.
In the opening sequence, Susie is lured into an underground den, assaulted, and murdered by her unassuming neighbour, George Harvey (Stanley Tucci).
Instead of going straight to Heaven, Susie finds herself trapped in a hyper-stylised, dreamlike limbo between Earth and Heaven called The In-Between.
From this cosmic vantage point, she watches her family unravel from grief. Her father, Jack (Mark Wahlberg), becomes consumed by an obsessive hunt for her killer, while her mother, Abigail (Rachel Weisz), flees from the crushing weight of the tragedy.
Unable to cope with Jack’s manic obsession and the haunting reminder of Susie’s empty bedroom, she leaves the family to work on an orchard in California.
Grandma Lynn (Susan Sarandon) moves into the house to keep the family afloat, attempting to bring a sense of eccentric normalcy to Susie’s younger siblings, Lindsey (Rose McIver) and Buckley (Christian Ashdale).
Jack begins to suspect Harvey, but Detective Fenerman (Michael Imperioli) lacks the physical evidence to secure a search warrant.
Realising Harvey is a serial killer, Susie is forced to balance her burning desire for vengeance against her family’s desperate need to heal and move on.
The scenes on Earth play out as a tense Hitchcockian crime thriller while the scenes in the afterlife are heavily saturated, abstract fantasy.
Jack Salmon
Mark Wahlberg Abigail Salmon
Rachel Weisz Grandma Lynn
Susan Sarandon George Harvey
Stanley Tucci Detective Len Fenerman
Michael Imperioli Susie Salmon
Saoirse Ronan Lindsey Salmon
Rose McIver Buckley Salmon
Christian Ashdale Ray Singh
Reece Ritchie Ruth Connors
Carolyn Dando Holly
Nikki SooHoo Samuel Heckler
Andrew James Allen Brian Nelson
Jake Abel Clarissa
AJ Michalka Principal Caden
Tom McCarthy Mr Connors
Stink Fisher Susie Salmon (aged 3 years)
Evelyn Lennon Flora Hernandez
Stefania Owen Nate
Marley McKay Mr O’Dwyer
John Jezior Mrs Singh
Anna George Mr Singh
Kirit Kapadia Jackie Meyer
Freya Milner Leah Fox
Katie Jackson Lana Johnson
Ruby Hudson Sophie Cichetti
Tina Graham Grandfather
Bruce Phillips Grace Tarking
Veronica Horn Mr Coleman
David C. Roehm Sr
Director
Peter Jackson
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Instead of going straight to Heaven, Susie finds herself trapped in a hyper-stylised, dreamlike limbo between Earth and Heaven called The In-Between.
Jack begins to suspect Harvey, but Detective Fenerman (Michael Imperioli) lacks the physical evidence to secure a search warrant.
Jack Salmon
George Harvey
Ruth Connors
Principal Caden
Mrs Singh
