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
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Lion
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Garth Davis Director
- Dev Patel as Saroo Brierley
- Rooney Mara as Lucy
- David Wenham as John Brierley
- Nicole Kidman as Sue Brierley
- Sunny Pawar as Young Saroo
- Abhishek Bharate as Guddu
- Priyanka Bose as Kamla Munshi
- Divian Ladwa as Mantosh Brierley
- Deepti Naval as Saroj Sood
- Tannishtha Chatterjee as Noor
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh
As enthralling as it is emotional.
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
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.
Peter Debruge, Variety
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