Review of Lion (2016) by Brent_Marchant — 27 Dec 2016
Despite a compelling Dickensian first act, this fact-based docudrama unfortunately lapses into a predictable, dull, overly sentimental slog in its overlong second half. Its manipulative series of long, lingering emotive shots that function as little more than awards bait for Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman and annoyingly frequent product placements for Google Earth make for rather tedious viewing in what should be an engaging tale of the human condition and the search for oneself.
Given the inherent heartstring-tugging nature of this story, it's hard to fathom how the filmmakers could have gotten this one so wrong.
This review of Lion (2016) was written by Brent_Marchant on 27 Dec 2016.
Lion has generally received very positive reviews.
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