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  • 2012
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 2 h 7 m
  • 2012
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 2 h 7 m

Summary Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, is a magical adventure story centering on Pi Patel, the precocious son of a zookeeper. Dwellers in Pondicherry, India, the family decides to move to Canada, hitching a ride on a huge freighter. After a shipwreck, Pi is found adrift in the Pacific Ocean on a 26-foot lifeboat with a zebra, a ...

Directed By: Ang Lee

Written By: Yann Martel, David Magee

  • 2012
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 2 h 7 m
  • 2012
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 2 h 7 m

Life of Pi

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 44 Critic Reviews
79
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 936 User Ratings
7.9
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Summary Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, is a magical adventure story centering on Pi Patel, the precocious son of a zookeeper. Dwellers in Pondicherry, India, the family decides to move to Canada, hitching a ride on a huge freighter. After a shipwreck, Pi is found adrift in the Pacific Ocean on a 26-foot lifeboat with a zebra, a ...

Directed By: Ang Lee

Written By: Yann Martel, David Magee

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 44 Critic Reviews
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84% Positive
37 Reviews
16% Mixed
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 44 Critic Reviews
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100
Dec 17, 2012
To produce a coherent film from Martel's tricky novel would be achievement enough, but Ang Lee has extracted something beautiful, wise and, at times, miraculous.
By Olly Richards FULL REVIEW
100
Sep 30, 2012
Meticulous care is evident in every aspect of the film. All three actors playing Pi are outstanding.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
88
Nov 20, 2012
A spectacular high-seas epic that employs technology brilliantly and underscores the power of a vividly told story.
By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 21, 2012
The result is a movie built upon big ideas -- and timely ones, too, delivering a message of understanding in this frustrating age of great intolerance -- but also a great story and, thanks to Lee, a wonderfully satisfying cinematic journey.
By Mike Scott FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 21, 2012
Lee may, in the end, be too balanced a filmmaker to give Life of Pi the extra spin of lyric delirium it sorely needs. It's a sane movie about an essentially deranged situation.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
67
Nov 21, 2012
Life of Pi, ironically, soars when it confines itself to land and sea; when it grasps for the celestial, the film goes beyond its reach.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
40
Nov 20, 2012
Life of Pi manages occasional spiritual wonder through its 3-D visuals but otherwise sinks like a stone.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 936 User Ratings
7.9
82% Positive
770 Ratings
11% Mixed
100 Ratings
7% Negative
66 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 936 User Ratings
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82% Positive
770 Ratings
11% Mixed
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7% Negative
66 Ratings

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Production Company Fox 2000 Pictures, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Media, Haishang Films, Netter Productions, Big Screen Productions, Ingenious Film Partners
Release Date Nov 21, 2012
Duration 2 h 7 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline Don't lose hope.
Website https://www.facebook.com/LifeofPi
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 4 Wins & 11 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 2 Wins & 11 Nominations

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