Movie Title: Lion
Grade: A-
Rating: PG-13
In a Nutshell: Adapted from the book A Long Way Home: A Memoir , this
inspiring true story will break your heart and then warm it.
Most people missed this film when it came to theaters (including me), but now that it has received 6 Academy Award nominations, everyone is talking about it (including me)!
Most people missed this film when it came to theaters (including me), but now that it has received 6 Academy Award nominations, everyone is talking about it (including me)!
Uplifting theme:
- What incredibly selfless love people give when they adopt children, especially the street
children from poor countries. Over
80,000 children go missing in India each year. You can learn more about the movement
that has started because of this movie at www.lionmovie.com
- Determination,
love, courage, home, family, blood, bonds, heritage, adoption
Things I liked:
- Beautiful
cinematography. Greig Fraser (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Zero Dark Thirty) uses a child’s perspective to film surrounding
areas and provide a sense of wonder.
- Three
cheers for Google Earth!
- The love of Sue (Nicole Kidman) and John (David Wenham) for their adopted children was so sweet. I got teary eyed almost every time Sue was with her sons.
- You
don’t learn the touching reason why the movie is called Lion until the
very end of the movie.
- Dev
Patel plays the grown-up Saroo with the absolutely adorable Sunny Pawar
playing the young Saroo.
- What makes the movie even more powerful is knowing that it’s a true story. You get to see real footage of when Sue meets Saroo’s biological mother just three years ago in 2014.
- As an
instructor at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary College, I thought it was
fascinating that it was food that suddenly brought memories back to Saroo
about his childhood.
- I enjoyed learning more about India and its culture. We also get to visit Australia in the movie.
Things I didn’t like:
- SPOILER: It made me so sad that no one would help
Saroo in the train station. Poor
thing. I just wanted to hug him
tightly and give him something to eat.
- The
beginning and end were really great, but it starts to drag in the middle when Saroo
grows up and gets depressed and mopey before taking action.
- Some
of the editing was choppy.
- When
you first see Nicole Kidman in that wig, you think, “What the heck?”, but
then, when you see the real Sue at the end of the movie, you think, “Oh,
Ok.”
Interesting lines:
- “You
weren’t just adopting us, but our past as well.” – Saroo
- ‘I really hope she’s there. She needs to see how beautiful you are.” – Sue
Tips for
parents:
- There
are subtitles in the first half of the movie and again in the end.
- Pre-marital
relations.
- Your
children will see some extreme poverty and, hopefully, be grateful for
what they have.
@trinaboice
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