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Lion

2016 1h 58m
Drama
MOVIEVIBE Rating
8.0/10
7,059 reviews
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Lion

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

"The search begins"

Top Billed Cast

Dev Patel
Dev Patel
Saroo Brierley
Rooney Mara
Rooney Mara
Lucy
David Wenham
David Wenham
John Brierley
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
Sue Brierley
Abhishek Bharate
Abhishek Bharate
Guddu
Divian Ladwa
Divian Ladwa
Mantosh Brierley
Priyanka Bose
Priyanka Bose
Kamla Munshi
Deepti Naval
Deepti Naval
Saroj Sood

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

D djgri Verified TMDB Critic
2017-05-01

An interesting true story. Film starts well and ends well. In the middle, there is a rapid acceleration from being a boy to being a man that misses out on a lot of an explanation as to how he ended up being the person he was. Quite boring in the middle of the film, which is a shame since the young actor was excellent....

R Reno Verified TMDB Critic
2017-06-26

**Lost in India, found in Australia!**

Based on the book 'A Long Way Home' that tells the story of a young Indian boy who lost his brother in a railway station in the night and the next morning he woke up thousands kilometers away from home. Not knowing the language or the address and the names of his family, he struggled from various threats in the society. After that he got adopted from an Australian family and the rest of the film revolved on his true identity. Haunted by his past, how he rediscovered his originality was emotionally told.

Very impressive film. The families should not ...

F Filipe Manuel Neto Verified TMDB Critic
2023-01-07

**A film of great quality, although marked by the duality of the script and by an excessive emotional appeal.**

This film, for me, has one big point for it and one big point against it. The point in its favor is that it is consistently based on a true story, and as far as I can tell it has been relatively faithful to events. The downside is the fact that it is one of those films that constantly appeals to the public's emotions in order to have some ability to capture our attention. It's not particularly pleasant having to watch a movie that almost forces you to have a box of Kleenex next to...

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2025-03-16

Though it’s Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman who take top billing, it’s the hugely engaging Sunny Pawar who steals his scenes here as the young Saroo. He’s growing up in rural India with his elder brother Guddu (Abhishek Bharate) living fairly hand to mouth with their mother (Khushi Solanki) and so the two set off into the city to try to make some cash. Once they arrive, though, the young Saroo is too tired to accompany his brother on his search for work, so he has a nap! Next thing, he’s on a locked train heading through the countryside and when he does eventually manage to get off, nobody...