A moving inspiring story

Rating: 9/10 (16 May 2019)

Based on a true story this really hit home. We saw young Saroo losing his family and going on a frightening adventure to Calcutta. The first half of the movie follows this story arc and at times it's quite harrowing stuff. The second half of the movie follows an older Saroo who has been adopted by an Australian couple living in Tasmania. The couple adopt Saroo and another boy and are amazing, generous and kind people. We see Saroo do well in life but long to find his originalfamily and watch how he struggles to cope with the guilt of having a now easier and wealthier privaliged life knowing his family are probably still living in poverty. Fantastic performances from everyone especially Dev Patel who really has improved as an actor and is a bit of an unsung British Hollywood hero who often gets forgotten about and overlooked by British media. It really does make you realise there are decent people in the world, courage and dreams can be found in the unlikeliest of lives. Watch it