2016 Directed by Garth Davis
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.
Sunny Pawar Dev Patel Rooney Mara David Wenham Nicole Kidman Abhishek Bharate Divian Ladwa Priyanka Bose Deepti Naval Tannishtha Chatterjee Keshav Jadhav Nawazuddin Siddiqui Benjamin Rigby Riddhi Sen Rita Boy Pallavi Sharda Arka Das Emilie Cocquerel Sachin Joab Menik Gooneratne Anna Samson Eamon Farren Tegan Crowley Belinda Misevski Lucy Moir
Iain Canning Angie Fielder Emile Sherman Andrew Fraser David Glasser Daniel Levin Shahen Mekertichian Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein
if this is oscar bait then i guess i'm a fish now because i've been CAUGHT and REELED the fuck IN
couldn't figure out why this middlebrow Oscar-bait was so good and gorgeous until i realized that Garth Davis was the dude who directed 4 episodes of TOP OF THE LAKE, and then it all clicked into place. this is straight down the center, but it's textured, understated (at least until the Sia song goes full-Weinstein in the end credits), and beautifully furnished (the Dustin O'Halloran / Hauschka score is a thing of wonder). i was moved. i suspect people who were adopted will be DESTROYED.
if this is what oscar bait looks like in 2016, it's shaping up to be a relatively painless awards season.
Dev Angel Patel deserves TWO oscars.... one for each of those magnificently broad shoulders.... and Sunny Pawar deserves all remaining oscars THE END
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Never have I seen such a grossly divided movie; messy at the seams and ready to burst with equal amounts of inspiration and schmaltz. A feature debut by Garth Davis, Lion is an attempt at dual halves built to satisfy a singular whole, but its issue lies in forming an impeccable foundation only to never erect a monument in response. The first half of Lion is, at least at first glance (who knows how it'll fare now that I know what the film turns into), astonishing; a rushing, noisy turbine of feelings and thoughts and incidents propelled by subjectivity. Its story, of an Indian boy becoming lost and winding up in the chaotic environment of Calcutta, clings itself to…
An accomplished tearjerker. I found I could mostly forgive Lion its patent manipulation because a) it was very well done and good looking with it and B) it used this unusual true story to shed light on much more common occurrences such as poverty, exploitation and the ambiguities of adoption. Sunny Pawar as the young Saroo is a perfect little poppet and Dev Patel gives great angst as the grown-up version, though Rooney Mara is wasted in a "supportive girlfriend" role.
Lion is a good movie when following the young Saroo in India. As a film that tells the story of an invisible group -- orphans in India -- it excels. And I think that's what it cares about, considering the ending credits provide statistics on this population to contextualize the story and to make the audience aware of the extent of the problem.
However, this movie is tethered to the story on which it's based. Unfortunately, that story doesn't prove to be especially compelling. While frequently described as a "story made for Hollywood" in other reviews, I'm unconvinced that an arduous search on Google Earth circa 2007 can be made exciting. I remain open to the idea, only because Garth…
Lion is a good movie when following the young Saroo in India. As a film that tells the story of an invisible group -- orphans in India -- it excels. And I think that's what it cares about, considering the ending credits provide statistics on this population to contextualize the story and to make the audience aware of the extent of the problem.
However, this movie is tethered to the story on which it's based. Unfortunately, that story doesn't prove to be especially compelling. While frequently described as a "story made for Hollywood" in other reviews, I'm unconvinced that an arduous search on Google Earth circa 2007 can be made exciting. I remain open to the idea, only because Garth…
“In India, over 80,000 children go missing each year and there are over 11 million children living on the streets.“ Lion tells the story of one them and a most incredible one that is. Life is actually one big soap opera.
If this movie wasn’t based on a true story it simply couldn’t stand. Suspension of disbelief would crumble under the impossibility of the situations presented.
Probably to counteract this, the film’s style is very rigorous, cinematography an elegant treat, flashbacks held to a minimum. 3 act classic structure, good old crystal crafting.
The film also works thanks to great casting decisions. Casting is the key, remember. From top to bottom awesome. Dev Patel has grown up and finally gets a role to show it. But this little fellow, Sunny Pawar, is the film’s true gem.
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