Review of Lion (2016) by The_Reid — 06 Aug 2017
The first half of the film when he's a kid is nothing short of perfect. It's emotionally gripping and beautifully shot. The second half of the film when he's in Tasmania is super underdeveloped. Despite some heavy hitters showing up, the only character we have any sort of attachment to is Dev Patel's character (blanking on the name here).
They don't flesh out Rooney Mara's character at all. The way they flesh out Nicole Kidman only serves to make me hate wealthy white people. She has an "emotional" scene where she's crying and basically tells Dev Patel, "I adopted you to make myself feel better for adopting a brown boy and now you're not making me feel better.
" The closing scene is nicely done, but isn't enough to rectify the damage done over the majority of the second half of the film.
This review of Lion (2016) was written by The_Reid on 06 Aug 2017.
Lion has generally received very positive reviews.
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