A journey to meet

Rating: 7/10 (18 February 2017)

"Lion" is a film that essentially preaches for simplicity, he wants to do his homework, pass on his message, thrill the audience and it's over, but at some point he tries and ends up being deeper than he is. Here we have a bibliographical, linear script that does not attempt to deceive the viewer with subjectivity or parallel timelines, as I said, he preaches for simplicity to tell the story of Saroo (Dev Patel), a 5 year old boy who gets lost in his Brother at a train station in Calcutta, and after being adopted by an Australian family tries to find his family 20 years later. The setting of the film in its first act is so honest and simple, it is extremely captivating and beautiful, director Garth Davis spends an air of attachment and complicity, blending the violence and innocence that is a beautiful thing, pity that his second act is the Opposite that, with a beautiful photograph in its first act, dark and highlighting the elements of the screen, the rest of the film opts for something lighter and blending the shades of blue with a simple track and a camera that is often used without a tripod The film technically only pleases. The performance of Sarro is wonderful, but Dev Patel does not impress as Saroo, he does not pass the air of lost or desperate and alone does not raise the dramatic charge, and were it not for the good construction of the script, Patel would not make us dry The eyes at the end of the film. We have here a movie that has a great first act, a second act too elongated with many repetitions of idea and bad construction of characters (Only Sarro is built) and a third that is short, but extremely beautiful and precise, and is always very sensitive Of the director showing pictures or videos of the events has put film, served to spend more wipes, "Lion" is a good movie that fulfills its role.