Life of Pi

Name: Life of Pi
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Released: November 21, 2012
Duration: 127 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Adil Hussain, Ayush Tandon, Gérard Depardieu, Irrfan Khan, Suraj Sharma

2012

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: November 21, 2012 | PG

Starring: Adil Hussain, Ayush Tandon, Gérard Depardieu, Irrfan Khan, Suraj Sharma, Tabu, Tobey Maguire

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, aBased 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 hyena, an orangutan and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, all fighting for survival.… Expand

Director: Ang Lee

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama

Rating: PG

Runtime: 127 min

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Empire Olly Richards

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. Read full review

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David Edelstein

Nov 19, 2012

Pi has designed his own terrarium to keep from staring directly into the abyss. It's not denial. It's faith in something else: the transformative power of storytelling. The film is transcendent. Read full review

The Playlist Rodrigo Perez

Sep 28, 2012

Deeply resonant and soulful, Life Of Pi, is a harrowing journey of survival, self-discovery and connection that both inspires and awes in equal measure. Read full review

Mike Scott

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. Read full review

Marc Mohan

Nov 23, 2012

It proves the power of a good story, both to entertain us and to allow us to process unpleasant truths. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Nov 20, 2012

Life of Pi is spellbinding while it lasts. Lee's film can be appreciated as many things -- a post-Darwinian meditation on coexistence as the key to survival, a reflection on the spiritual nature of suffering and transcendence, a beguiling bait-and-switch on the vagaries of belief itself. Read full review

Nick Schager

Nov 20, 2012

Life of Pi manages occasional spiritual wonder through its 3-D visuals but otherwise sinks like a stone. Read full review

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Parera_Starr11

Dec 28, 2012

What an incredible film. From the direction to the acting to the other worldly visual effects, cinematography. From start to finish i was memorized by the this movie. All ages can see and be effected by what is put on the screen. Life of Pi is my favourite film of 2012.

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campbellsouptm

Aug 13, 2020

Best “lost at sea” movie ever. Absolutely brilliant. Super sad and super funny moments all at once.

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Falling_Hammer

Jan 9, 2013

This movie is extraordinary. The effects, the plot, the acting, the drama, the humor, "the everything" is perfect. To put this book on the big screen is a difficult task but Ang Lee tried and he succeeded. I recommend this movie to every living soul out there!

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YSJgamer

Dec 28, 2012

A fantastic film. See it for yourselves and go with an open mind, especially if you have not read the book. In my opinion this is one of the best films I have been lucky enough to see at a cinema, it has been given some unfair reviews on this website and anyone who cannot see the visualA fantastic film. See it for yourselves and go with an open mind, especially if you have not read the book. In my opinion this is one of the best films I have been lucky enough to see at a cinema, it has been given some unfair reviews on this website and anyone who cannot see the visual beauty of this film is ignorant. Added to that, the story and the questions that are asked are quite brilliant. A must see film.… Expand

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BradySmith

Sep 8, 2013

An extremely impressive film on many levels. Life of Pi isn't perfect, but it's still a must see movie experience. First off, this is one of the most visually impressive films ever made, with beautiful, colorful seascapes, and visual effects right up there with Avatar. It has moments ofAn extremely impressive film on many levels. Life of Pi isn't perfect, but it's still a must see movie experience. First off, this is one of the most visually impressive films ever made, with beautiful, colorful seascapes, and visual effects right up there with Avatar. It has moments of true amazement and cinematic brilliance amidst a well told story and a solid central performance. The score is also extremely good, and creates just the right mood of wonderment mixed with sorrow. The movie is somewhat uneven however. It feels at times like it plays things too safe. There definitely could have been some more out there moments during the sea voyage, and the scenes taking place back on land, while decent, seem somewhat dull. I also didn't like how the film endorses mixing religions together, and the fact that the story is being told in retrospect by an older Pi doesn't work very smoothly. These nitpickings aside, I still really enjoyed this memorable and at times very moving movie. I'd even recommend buying it.… Expand

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Chahat

Apr 19, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the movie gets to a good start but sometimes it's too exaggerated. Tigers don't show this much mercy to anyone, in fact, any animal wouldn't. sometimes the story feels dull too like the occurrence of the island in the middle of the ocean from nowhere. also, feel the writer has tried too much to save the protagonist from getting killed otherwise the film delivers a good message of never letting your hopes down even in worst of the times… Expand

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killingspree

Apr 9, 2013

Boring, stupid, more boring. I can't believe this movie was even made. Ang Lee needs to stop making films, he's a terrible director.

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