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  Review by Frandi Peralta ★★★★½ 10

  Adult Pi Patel: "I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye."

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  Review by Mary Conti ★★★★★ 17

  Wow.

  Every year cinephiles struggle to find a film that reminds them exactly why they love cinema. The exact type of film differs from person to person, and what you look for can constantly change from year to year. But you know those films when you find them, because there's that feeling you get. You sit there with your heart and mind open. Nothing else matters. You begin to reflect on yourself and your life, and how the film relates to you. As the credits roll, you let go of your breath, as if you had been holding it in the entire time.

  This year, I have found that film in Ang Lee's Life of Pi. It is the film…

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  Review by cinephile... 🕯️ ★★★★½ 1

  some shots in this movie are so beautiful i wanted to straight up die

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  Review by Vishwas Verma ★★★★★ 7

  Rest in Peace Irrfan Khan 🙏🏻

  you will always be in my heart.
  Love you my man ❤️

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  Review by adambolt ★★★½ 3

  Life of Piss

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  Review by Peaceful Stoner ★★★★★ 88

  I am an atheist. I get totally pissed off when I see people using the name of God to indulge in their vices and hunt for power. I get angry when someone is overtly attached to God. I have gone the distance of even swearing at them. But I am also the one who yearns, the most for God.

  The only thought which over powers my thinking of "There is no God" is the earnest wish that " Things would be different in the world had God really existed"

  The people who believed in God's existence bothered me greatly. I never knew why I had spent such a lot of time trying to convince people why God does not exist.…

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★★½ 7

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  Life of Pi released concurrently to the collapse of my faith structure. Being exclusively in a Catholic school system since the age of five will tend to do that. If there's a message here, it's that I didn't care for Life of Pi upon first viewing, as you can imagine. It was, and still is, impossibly gorgeous, like the most vivid dream conjured into existence, but I struggled to find a valid path of understanding it, a through line of unlocking its secrets. The major moments, like the tiger on the beach, or the scene in the hospital room, didn't resonate like they do now. My relationship with religion hasn't necessarily changed, but Ang Lee's craft is vital in this journey of clinging to faith and not letting go. And Suraj Sharma and Irrfan Khan both provide devastating performances.

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  Review by Max Power ★★★★★ 1

  The Tiger has the same name as Spider-Man’s Dad.

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  Review by san ★★★★

  Orange Juice, Richard Parker. These are the names on the list of my will.

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  Review by CinemaCl🎃wn ★★★★ 7

  A feast for the eyes from start to finish, Life of Pi is an enthralling journey of adventure, hope & triumph of the will to survive against all odds and is as rewarding an experience visually as it is emotionally. It tells the story of Piscine Patel aka Pi who is left stranded on a lifeboat after a shipwreck as the only human survivor and is accompanied by a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena & a fearsome Bengal tiger with whom he forges an unlikely bond.

  Director Ang Lee has always captured the wonders of nature in intimate manner but with this film, he takes the film's photography to an even higher level of cinematic art as Life of Pi presents Lee…

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  Review by DirkH ★★★★ 26

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  I cannot separate the book from the film. It is impossible. My appreciation of this film consists of several components I'll try to explain in what will probably be a far too long winded review below.

  If I were pressed to sum it up in one sentence, I guess I'd say this is the collaborative effort of a visionary genius and a weak scriptwriter.

  Yann Martel's novel is a stunning piece of fiction. It is the type of novel that slowly sucks you in, has you marvel at what unfolds before you and concludes by upending everything that went before it. The novel tackles three main themes:
  1. Man's innate survival instinct.
  2. The essence of religious belief.
  3. The…

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  Review by Cernan Mari ★★★★½ 2

  A magical and fantastical eye therapy with plenty to ponder. If you're not pleased with it in some way (which is extremely unlikely), your eyes will be. It is the excellent combination of filmmaking style and substance, offering audiences a contemplative parable for religious understanding and even the very nature of storytelling. Ang Lee (the director) creates a breathless experience that is both visceral and philosophical, as well as memorable.

  I absolutely loved the first and final acts of the film, but I had some minor issues with the middle act. Despite the extensive use of computerized special effects to bring these inconceivable film moments to life, Ang Lee never betrays the audience's suspension of disbelief. I simply cannot express…