Lion Movie Review Film Summary 2. Lion sneaks up on you as it proceeds to pluck your heart strings with its little cat feet. Then, before you know it, tear ducts will be brimming and your entire being will be awash with incredible joy but also a splash of bittersweet sorrow. At least that is what happened to those around me during the course of this incredible true story about a five year old Indian boy named Saroo, whose life is changed in 1. Advertisement. Its little wonder that Lion has collected quite a few audience awards at festivals since premiering in Toronto in September. Truly intelligent crowd pleasers that avoid blatant manipulation are a rarity, but director Garth Davis TVs Top of the Lake and screenwriter Luke Davies mostly keep any sentimental overload at bay until the very endand, by that time, it is exactly what the audience needs and the film deserves. Emotional triggers might arrive at several points during this decades spanning tale of longing and loss that is also a mystery about an unknown past. For me, the killer moment was when the adult Sarooin the form of a beefed up Dev Patel, whose 2. Slumdog Millionaire serves as a sort of companion piece to Lionfinally and somewhat guiltily confesses to his Australian adoptive mother, Sue, that he has been spending countless days doing research while seeking out his birth family via Google Earth. The reason for his secrecy He did not want to hurt the two incredibly generous and supportive people who rescued him from a Dickensian existence filled with poverty, hunger and potential abuse after being taken to a big city facility for homeless street children. Being adopted as an infant myself, I know that feeling all too well, which is why I still refer to my mother and father who raised me simply as my parents, with no qualifier. But that is topped soon after by a revelation shared by Sue, a tower of maternal tenderness and immense devotion embodied by Nicole Kidman, who is excellent despite a distractingly awful curly red wig. She uses the occasion to finally explain to Saroo exactly why she and his father, John David Wenham, best known as Faramir in The Lord of Rings, decided to adopt him. Lets just say if you are human, there is no way that Lion wont move you. Dunkirk movie listings and showtimes. One list of all cinemas showing Dunkirk. Greek subtitles from 105 to 120, Greek subs, Movie trailers Movie Posters Movie actors, director, plot. Kidman, herself an adoptive mother of two, delivers her words with such nakedly honest emotion, all the Kleenex in the world wont stop the ensuing flood. Not that you need to be adopted to be so touched. Watch The Little Rascals Online Hollywoodreporter. After all, the primal fear of suddenly becoming lost and separated from those you care about most is a universal one. 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The kid is a natural, equal parts waif and rascal with an expressive face that perfectly reflects his state of mind from scene to scene while often not saying word. Nothing against Patel, who has grown immensely as a performer, but without the groundwork laid by little Sunny, Lions onscreen roar would definitely be more than a bit muted. Advertisement. In fact, the key relationship is the one the young Saroo shares with his adored older brother, Guddu an engaging Abhishek Bharate, that is established right off the bat. While their hard working single mother watches over their sister, the pair goes off to steal coal from trains to trade for milk. One night, Saroo begs Guddu to take him on his rounds as he sneaks onto empty trains for dropped money and other lost items. But they become separated after Saroo falls asleep on a station platform bench. When he awakes, he panics after finding himself alone and boards a locomotive that suddenly begins to move and doesnt stop until it arrives in the bustling city of Kolkata formerly Calcutta. Band Aid Full Movie Online Free there. Saroo cant speak the local languageBengali as opposed to Hindiand he cant even pronounce the name of his village correctly. Eventually, he is reduced to sleeping in tunnels and stealing food from public shrines. But somehow his innate street smarts kick in, allowing Saroo to survive long enough to be happily rescued from a potentially dire fate. The later portion of the film that unfolds after Saroo is adopted cant compete with such a compelling opening, but by then we are fully invested in what will happen to this now grown man. As Patel takes over the role, we see a bright and confident Saroo enroll in a hospitality course in Melbourne and fall for a fellow classmate a mostly wasted Rooney Mara in supportive girlfriend mode. The one downside is when his parents also adopt a much more traumatized and distant Indian lad to be his new brother, a stark contrast to his deep trusting bond with Guddu. All it takes is a run in with an Indian fried dough treat known as jalebis served at a party to eventually ignite Saroos hunger to reconnect with his roots. That search requires Patel to brood, stroke his beard and obsessively sit in front of a computer as his apartment walls increasingly look like a detectives patchwork paper trail of photos and other clues to a puzzlenot exactly high drama. But all is forgiven when his memory clicks in and his hard work pays off beautifully. Lets just say if you are human, there is no way that Lion wont move you.