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- 2016
- PG-13
- The Weinstein Company
- 1 h 58 m
- 2016
- PG-13
- The Weinstein Company
- 1 h 58 m
Summary 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.
Directed By: Garth Davis
Written By: Saroo Brierley, Luke Davies
- 2016
- PG-13
- The Weinstein Company
- 1 h 58 m
- 2016
- PG-13
- The Weinstein Company
- 1 h 58 m
Lion
69
7.9
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Summary 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.
Directed By: Garth Davis
Written By: Saroo Brierley, Luke Davies
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 45 Critic Reviews
69
71% Positive
32 Reviews
32 Reviews
29% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 45 Critic Reviews
69
71% Positive
32 Reviews
32 Reviews
29% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Once in awhile, a movie comes along that is so touching and sincere, without a moment of false emotion or manipulative self-indulgence, that it establishes squatters’ rights and moves into your heart to stay.
Unsurprisingly, the finale is manipulative in every way, squeezing out the emotions of the audience. But Lion’s well-plotted narrative and thoughtful characters suck you in so much that the journey there is totally worth it.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 347 User Ratings
7.9
84% Positive
292 Ratings
292 Ratings
12% Mixed
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
3% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 347 User Ratings
7.9
84% Positive
292 Ratings
292 Ratings
12% Mixed
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
3% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
Outstanding! Cried my heart out. It's one of those movies that reminds you how incredibly privileged you are. Also touches the difficulties you've to go through with child adoption. Incredible story, acting and screenplay. Must watch.
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Una historia conmovedora, con buena ambientación y un maravilloso reparto, es una obra maestra moderna.
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Lion is a complex movie, with its profound themes of home and identity, and its tonally disparate halves. A smartly understated approach to Brierley’s story holds it all together. Sometimes the truth alone is enough.
This is a true story, and at times a gut-wrenching one, even if it necessarily sugarcoats some aspects of the plight of lost children.
In trying to tell the whole of this nearly implausible tale, the film can’t figure out whether it’s more invested in young Saroo’s harrowing journey or older Saroo’s feeling of displacement.
Thanks largely to an affecting performance from newcomer Sunny Pawar, the first act is horribly effective.
While Lion isn’t the kind of drama that demands risky storytelling, it is one that has within it a whole world of emotional topography that is disappointingly scrolled over instead of mapped out.
Watching this finally on DVD in 2018, this seemed way overhyped and way too sentimental, maudlin. The adoptive parents seem a little too perfect, and the college buds too trendy, unreal. It definitely does not have the grit and authenticity that made "Slumdog Millionaire" so famous and it will never be as good as that film.
That said, the fact that it IS a true story is amazing, the reason for my non zero vote at least. But, come on Nicole Kidman, her character plays out like something on the Lifetime channel. Even her performance with Cruise--and I abhor Cruise--and pot smoking offered us more depth, alas the great Kubrick the taskmaster in his final film. But, Nicole just seems to be marking time and money here. This is not an artistic nor an AA worthy film.
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The only tears were tears of excruciating boredom. Sure, it's a nice true human story that shows cultures many may be unfamiliar with. Yes it's shot well in exotic and far off locations (from a domestic standpoint) featuring some decent acting. Who cares when it's this low key and this familiar a story? Not this viewer for one.
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Production Company
The Weinstein Company,
Screen Australia,
See-Saw Films,
Aquarius Films,
Sunstar Entertainment,
One Film at a Time,
Screen Tasmania
Release Date Nov 25, 2016
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline The search begins
Website
http://lionmovie.com/
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 6 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 4 Nominations
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 12 Wins & 13 Nominations
