Lion

Rating: 8/10 (2 May 2018)

Director Garth Davis illustrated the personal story of a young boy stripped from his birth mother at a young age. The main character as a young boy was played by the compelling Sunny Pawer and his journey was moved 20 years onward to the striving Dev Patel unsure of his identity.
The first half of the film is in Hindi, the use of this makes the audience empathise more for the young Saroo and the scenes Pawar plays are heart wrenching through his innocence. Dev Patel expressed the distress he was experienced was shown through his body language and tone in his voice, his ability to communicate Saroo's story in such a enthralling way made the film more enticing.
The only part of the film which wasn't as outstanding was the romantic relationship between Saroo and Lucy felt as though it dragged the movie on to make it longer and had no place within the movie, making the second half of the move less captivating as it had no connection to the suffering.
The filmmaking was very riveting, the transitions glided through the movie and through the use of the soundtrack, the audience was allowed to follow the journey of Saroo. Finally, Nicole Kidman and David Wenham, the adoptive parents of Saroo, played a vital role in the film and through their gripping acting, the audience empathises with them as parents.