Lion is the story of a boy who gets lost in India at a very young age who gets adopted by an Australian couple. Later, as an adult, he starts to worry about his biological mother, brother and sister.
This is one of the most emotional films that has come out recently. I don't cry at films, and if I do it means it has done exceptionally. Lion, while being able to get several emotional responses from me, didn't go as far as two films over the past two years. It never comes off as emotionally manipulative because everything feels real.
The cast, especially Dev Patel and Sunny Pawar as Saroo, and Nicole Kidman as Saroo's adoptive mother. Though I think that Rooney Mara was slightly underused. Director Garth Davis manages to capture the poverty young Saroo struggles through in Calcultta, while also capturing the emotional and mental struggle he goes through later in life in Tasmania. Despite wanting to search for his biological family, Saroo is never ungrateful for the privileged childhood and life he has been given, and does his search in order to put his mind at ease in regards to his family.
In short: Lion contains great performances, and is very moving.
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