Lion (2016)Genre: DramaCertification: PGDuration: 118 minutesDirected by: Garth DavisStarring: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney MaraKRS Releasing Ltd Having received six Oscar nominations at the 89th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Dev Patel), Best Supporting Actress (Nicole Kidman) and Best Adapted Screenplay, Lion, based on Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose's book A Long Way Home, promises to be a good watch this year. The film follows five-year-old Saroo who gets lost on a train that takes him thousands of kilometres across India, away from his family. Saroo must learn to survive alone, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, access to technology and his unwavering determination, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home. While the plot is a unique one, some critics have suggested that it lacks depth. In fact, Peter Debruge, Variety's chief film critic, deems the story not "meaty enough to wrap the evening news, let alone sustain a two-hour feature. "Saroo's story is somewhere between...
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