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By Richard Von Busack (346) for Pacific Sun (San Rafael, CA) (20) on 27 Dec 2017

Photographer Greig Fraser's landscapes of Saroo's two worlds are extremely handsome…

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By Toby Woollaston (47) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 26 Dec 2017

Lion is a beautiful and moving film made all the more compelling because it is a true story ... make sure to bring your tissues…

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By Harry Kloman (6) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 18 Dec 2017

As much a parable as a drama, Lion quietly explores a social problem while staying strongly focused on its intimacies…

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By Alexandra Macaaron (124) for Women's Voices for Change (124) on 01 Dec 2017

What it does , quite beautifully, is make a case for a common - and borderless - humanity…

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By Danielle Solzman (397) for Solzy at the Movies (339) on 19 Nov 2017

sends the audience on an epic adventure…

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By Courtney Howard (393) for Fresh Fiction (404) on 04 Nov 2017

The picture does take a few exciting bold risks in act one, however, the rest of the movie plays out like a straightforward cable TV movie…

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By Renuka Vyavahare (150) for The Times of India (879) on 03 Nov 2017

Sad yet uplifting, frightening yet inspirational, Lion breaks your heart into a thousand pieces and puts them back together in the end…

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By Rachit Gupta (237) for Filmfare (373) on 26 Oct 2017

This one's a gem of a film. One that takes an already spectacular story and turns it into an absolute sublime experience…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 16 Oct 2017

The ending is predictably lovely but it might have been lovelier still if we'd got there faster…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Alternate Ending (372) on 30 Sep 2017

The beats aren't anything new; the value is in the execution, and that's great…

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By M. Faust (314) for The Public (Buffalo) (288) on 17 Sep 2017

Based on a true story, it's a very appealing film, but an oddly shaped one…

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By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 10 Sep 2017

Lion stirs emotions, but the storytelling is straightforward, not cloying…

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By Diane Carson (151) for KDHX (St. Louis) (284) on 28 Aug 2017

Director Garth Davis' film Lion sits squarely in the category of real-life stories that are more astonishing than any fiction…

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By Alex Heeney (135) for Seventh Row (175) on 18 Jul 2017

These actors could have tackled much more difficult terrain, with grace and intelligence, had Davies and Davis given them the opportunity…

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By Abby Olcese (108) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 22 Jun 2017

The movie's messages are thoughtfully and honestly communicated -- particularly the idea that home can mean more than any one place, person…

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By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Saporta Report (Atlanta) (228) on 14 Jun 2017

The rest of the movie, which includes a big plug for Google Maps, concerns Saroo's search for his roots…

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By Blake Howard (505) for Graffiti With Punctuation (173) on 10 May 2017

Lion is unadulterated cinema, reaching out to the audience to embrace and be embraced…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 12 Apr 2017

Works as an emotionally stirring portrait of sheer determination driven by the need to know where one comes from…

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By Candice Frederick (452) for Reel Talk Online (378) on 31 Mar 2017

Despite its wavering focus from its fascinating lead to his white supporting actors, this is an inspiring story about one young man's search…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 24 Mar 2017

Lion is a mediocre movie that should have been a good one. That still doesn't mean you shouldn't see it…

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