Lion (2016)
Storyline
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
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Cast
David Wenham, Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Pallavi Sharda, Deepti Naval, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Arka Das, Priyanka Bose, Emilie Cocquerel, Sunny Pawar, Abhishek Bharate, Divian Ladwa, Keshav Jadhav, Benjamin Rigby, Riddhi Sen, Rita Boy, Sachin Joab, Menik Gooneratne, Anna Samson, Eamon Farren, Tegan Crowley, Belinda Misevski, Lucy Moir
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Reviews
90
A sober and yet profoundly stirring contemplation of family, roots, identity and home, which engrosses throughout the course of its two-hour running time.
80
If Saroo’s story seems out-of-this world, the team behind this film have risen to meet the challenge it sets. There may be a sense of inevitability about Saroo’s ultimate destination, but what counts here is the journey.
80
The script never lunges for cheap drama by forcing Saroo into a binary choice between mothers, and the most complex beats are about tip-toeing around, often counter-productively, to avoid hurt or betrayal.
75
Lion, the first feature directed by Garth Davis, sufficiently realizes the emotional arc built into Brieley’s experience.
75
Where Saroo goes and what he finds there left me in tears, but you feel that a complicated true story has been airbrushed into a postmodern legend.
