An Emotional Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (2 May 2018)

*SPOILER ALERT*
It is hard to review and make out coherent sentences when I am still blown away at the emotional rolloercoaster that is LION. There are so many major points that make this film a triumph of cinematography. the film begins in India, where it stays for about two thirds of the rest of the movie, which advances the plot and helps audience create an emotional bond with young Saroo, played by the new and unbelievably talented Sunny Pawar. To explain as simple as I can and to not give away any of the plot, Pawar's scene on the train was so powerful, I doubt people five times his age could have brought me to tears like he did.
I also want to make note how much I respects that all the dialoge from India was in another language, as this keeps it authentic and realistic, and pushes away that Hollywood idea that this film has to be made so us english speaking folk don't have to make the effort of reading subtitles. With emotional bonds formed with Saroo, Guddu and their mother, we then find ourselves pulled into the present, with only mere flashes of the past, bringing us back to that emotional state and feeling the same sense of lost identity and depression that Saroo would have been feeling at the time. This, mixed with the powerful acting of all of the supporting cast, makes for an experience you will never want to forget.