Review of Lion (2016) by Dashtag — 26 Mar 2017
I was looking forward to this movie, because of all the hype and because they had Dev Patel! Lion has an amazing cast, but lacks entertainment and is very dull. We were tricked into thinking this movie was mostly about Dev Patel finding his way home, and I thought the parts with the kid would be flashbacks.
The truth is, most of the movie is about the little kid finding his way home, and Dev Patel takes up 40 minutes of it with an unsatisfying performance. I think Nicole Kidman didn't deserve the nomination.
The main flaw throughout the movie was the pacing. The movie became very boring towards the end of little Saroo's run home. I wish this movie could have been better. Amazing story though.
This review of Lion (2016) was written by Dashtag on 26 Mar 2017.
Lion has generally received very positive reviews.
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