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.
Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 34 wins & 70 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Even as it drags through a pedestrian middle section, Lion remains a cut above the kind of sturdy middlebrow drama its premise calls to mind by doubling down on Patel's performance.
– Eric Kohn,
indieWIRE,
14 Sep 2016
fresh:
As enthralling as it is emotional.
– David Rooney,
Hollywood Reporter,
11 Sep 2016
rotten:
While unique, Saroo's story is somewhere between the-guy-who-found-a-lottery-scratcher-worth-fifty-bucks and the-farmer-who-prayed-for-rain-and-got-it.