Worthy of all six of it's Academy Award nominations

Rating: 9/10 (12 January 2018)

I didn't know much about Lion when I first watched it. In fact, I knew almost nothing at all about it. That's how you should watch this film.
In short, Lion is one of the best films I've ever seen. The performances are stellar, with Dev Patel as the standout, but every other actor does a great job. Rooney Mara and Nicole Kidman are very good, and Sunny Pawar does a great job carrying the first third. The visuals are just incredible: the framing, the camera movement, the colors... I found myself in awe more than once of just how beautiful Lion was to look at. The score also sounds amazing and makes an already great film even better.
9 out of 10. Lion is incredible.