Lion

2016 Directed by Garth Davis

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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 Arka Das Emilie Cocquerel Sachin Joab Menik Gooneratne Anna Samson Eamon Farren Tegan Crowley Belinda Misevski Lucy Moir

Alternative Titles

A Long Way Home, סארו : הדרך הביתה

drama

118 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

Popular reviews

Review by Lucy ★★★★ 3

if this is oscar bait then i guess i'm a fish now because i've been CAUGHT and REELED the fuck IN
Review by davidehrlich ★★★½ 8

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.
Review by alie ★★★★

me, slamming my fists on the table: where . is . sunny . pawar's . nomination .
Review by lauren ★★★★ 3

i'd be lion if i said dev patel isn't a snack
Review by Caitlin ★★★½ 1

Dev Angel Patel deserves TWO oscars.... one for each of those magnificently broad shoulders.... and Sunny Pawar deserves all remaining oscars THE END
Review by willa ★★★ 5

jacob tremblay is SHAKING in his GRAVE

Recent reviews

Review by ArtemWunar ★★★★★

A really beautiful, well-made film, and well-acted film.
Review by plantedwitch ★★★★½

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Review by Rebecca ★★★★★

This was the most beautiful and breathtaking ad for Google Earth I’ve ever seen
Review by Aaron Jenkins ★★★★

Really good. Dragged a bit on the latter half but solid over all
Review by Jay D ★★★★★

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

Ahh...there's no way I can give this movie justice by saying it was totally EPIC! Every moment was so suspenseful and I felt like I was dancing on my tippy toes, waiting for a major finale or sudden fall. And of course, the cherry on the top was that it was based on a true story...or perhaps the reason behing naming it Lion...or maybe you get to see some of the actual people the characters were based on.
Review by alexababy ★★★★

I JUST WANNA HUG SUNNY
Review by Greta ★★★★½

So beautiful, so emotional, Dev Patel is so gorgeous.
Review by Leidy ★★★★½

I cried enough for a lifetime after just one viewing.
Review by Movie_Lover69 ★★

End the movie after the kid reaches Australia and you got yourself a great short film.