Solid film with some tedious fluff in second half

Rating: 7/10 (2 March 2017)

The young Saroo character played by Sunny Pawar is a natural and the highlight by far. The first half of this film is the best half, featuring this young boy lost and surviving on the streets.
The second half when he is grown up is merely anticipating the inevitable, waiting patiently for what we know or expect will happen - for the questions to be answered and the search to end.
The poster for this movie is poorly designed. For some reason it focuses on the relationship with the girlfriend, which is not important to the story at all. Whoever designed and approved the poster attempted to invent significance where there wasn't any. It gives the impression of a love story, which it isn't.
Photography is solid. Music is a bit tedious and repetitive with endless piano scales up and down. The second half tends to suffer from lack of punch. It merely delays the inevitable. The scene where Nicole Kidman unloads her emotions about everything is tedious. We don't need to know all that, it's not that interesting or relevant.
Good story, shot well and good performances. Incredible that it happened. Just be prepared for some tedious filler and emotional fluff in the second half before the climax.