Beautiful and emotional

Rating: 9/10 (9 February 2017)

Lion is an incredibly made film, using gorgeous set scenes and a powerful cast.
Sunny Pawar is incredible at expressing emotions with nothing but his eyes and actions. Watching Pawar create young Saroo as vulnerable against the treacherous world, and flying to the whims of destiny creates a roller-coaster of emotions and intrigue. To then be transformed into a Saroo portrayed by Dev Patel is incredible and consistent with the film's aims. Patel does a wonderful job at Saroo's identity crisis, his want to know and find more, and his alienation from the current social scene.
The flow of the film and where it ends really brings to light numerous questions revolved around identity, family, and ancestry. Garth Davis does very well in combining the cast with such a well developed story, and using scenery and music to really evoke the needed emotions to hit real life problems to an audience seeking genuine and raw goodness. Lion is a dime a dozen, and more so impressive to find out it's Australian roots and low budget.