Atom User Reviews for Lion

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POPULAR TAGS
GS
Geoff Shaevitz
#beautiful

Special movie.

VV
Venu Madhav Vundavalli
#touching

Great feel in it

JV
Jose Vera
#sentimental
#original
#sad

Such a great movie! Many many tears! A must see!

ÈÆ
蜜兒 朱
#tearjerker
#original
#oscarworthy

Beautifully shot and written

DH
Daniella Hernandez
#tearjerker
#sad
#touching

Beautiful film that really makes you think about the suffering of children around the world

KS
Kevin Smith
#touching
#great
#tearjerker

Absolutely fantastic!

ND
Neeli D'souza
#touching
#tearjerker
#great

this movie was a lot better than I thought. I throughly enjoyed it and I loved the story

GA
Gerardo Aguilera
#sad
#tearjerker
#<3

Great movie! Just watch it to understand!

DP
Debbie Peek
#eyeopener

makes you see how blessed we are

DM
David McIntosh
#touching
#tearjerker
#sad

really good

AK
Aneel K
#touching

Awesome

TV
Todd VanOrden
#mustseebro
#original
#sad

Such a beautiful movie. Unconditional love.

RF
Ruben fonzi
#tearjerker
#great
#touching

emotional. great performances, great movie

RS
Ricky San
#touching

I cried at the end

DM
Daniel Morales
#tearjerker
#great
#insightful

Loved this movie! So powerful and touching! Must see!!

DC
Dana Cascella Gobin
#insightful

Well done dev Patel and little Dario were amazing

LE
Lauren Evers
#touching

It was a very touching and insightful movie. The reason it got 4 out 5 stars because there were a couple scenes that weren't weren't really necessary and didn't really have much to do with his story.

JQ
Joey Quezada
#sad
#tearjerker
#great

Amazing movie with moments that rip your heart out. The second half gets a bit jumbled though and sloppy but the movie is incredibly moving.

LB
Leon Brooks
#tearjerker
#sad
#<3

Very goid true story. Not too original though. It will be nominated for an Oscar though. The pacing was off. Too fast then toooooo slow at the end. Its an okay movie.

RB
Rahul Bhambhani
#tearjerker
#sad
#great

Deeply moving, touching, and beautiful

JZ
Jessica Zumeta
#insightful
#mustseebro
#heartrenching

This movie is a very authentic depiction of the adoptee experience.

RB
Randi Barksdale

One of the best movies I have ever seen!

KR
Kelli Rice
#tearjerker
#touching
TL
Tenzin Lhamo
#tearjerker
#original
#insightful
JR
Javier Reynoso
#tearjerker
SM
Sandrene Mathews
#heartwarming
#great
#beautiful
NP
Nishant Patil
#touching
#great
#original
SR
Spandana Ravulapalli
#great
#original
AD
Aayush Desai
#mustseebro
#original
#beautiful
BD
Brad Dowdle
#tearjerker
#original
#insightful
MD
Madhura deshpande
#inspiring
#great
#touching
BR
Bettie Rios
#inspiring
#original
#sad
AS
Anand Safi
#original
#insightful
#touching
OA
Otto Adams
#tearjerker
#sad
#inspiring
LL
Loni Loni
#touching
#inspiring
#insightful
JW
Jaclyn Wyatt
#touching
#tearjerker
#great
VK
Vasily Korotkevych
#touching
AW
atina white
#touching
#tearjerker
#original
NV
Neil Villanueva
#mustseebro
#original
#inspiring
AS
Andria Settles
#tearjerker
#mustsee
#inspiring
GV
Gerbielyn Valentin
#touching
#tearjerker
#insightful
SO
Su Ortiz
#hopereigns
#inspiring
#touching
EM
elizabeth mena
#tearjerker
FW
Felix Wagner
#touching
#tearjerker
#great
ZD
Zeev Douek
#touching
#original
LO
Lawrence Olin
#notworththehype
#touching
EE
Eduardo Escobar
#tearjerker
#oscarworthy
#touching
EC
Emily Collinson
#tearjerker
#oscarworthy
#great
AP
Adriana Perez
#touching
#oscarworthy
#mustsee
CR
Carolyn Reese
#inspiring
#epic
#mustsee

Metacritic

63
Dec 21, 2016

Lion is shameless and heartfelt and you’ll probably have a good, happy cry at the end. When a story pushes buttons so deeply wired into our consciousness...craft seems almost beside the point.

Metacritic review by Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
75
Dec 8, 2016

First-time Australian director Garth Davis offers sweeping cinematic shots, with a soundtrack that is pleasingly epic, but the second act is a bit skimpy, script-wise.

Metacritic review by Brad Wheeler
Brad Wheeler
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
75
Nov 26, 2016

This is a true story, and at times a gut-wrenching one, even if it necessarily sugarcoats some aspects of the plight of lost children.

Metacritic review by Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post