Soars above the Rest

Rating: 9/10 (25 February 2017)

Up until this morning when I saw Lion, my support was behind LaLa Land for the Oscar. Lion chased it off the landscape for me. I started crying fewer than ten minutes in and the fountain was never turned off after that. And, it's not as if they went for cheap tears; no, every tear was earned The casting was so good, it seemed magical to me. I was skeptical about Nicole Kidman to start with but she was the kindest, sweetest mom ever. The story is heart rending; even when you know how it ends, you are completely caught up till the very last words. I absolutely loved it, still thinking about it hours later. I'm resolved to donate money to a charity for Indian children. Four of them.