Saroo’s journey begins when his poor but happy life with a mother and siblings is disrupted by an accident. Scott of The New York Times, concur that the emotionally charged film “succeeds without feeling too manipulative or maudlin.” And yet a significant number of reviews, Scott’s included, remain skeptical of the narrative’s sentimental thrust, which downplays the complexities of Saroo’s story but showcases evidence of the miraculous salvation and the happy reunion facilitated by Google.1 The critics, like Scott and likely the viewers- especially those involved with adoption-remain wishing for more texture in this representation of Saroo’s experience. Lion has been nominated for various awards, and the majority of its reviews have recognized this story of a lost-and-found child as a “feel-good crowd-pleaser,” a contemporary Odyssey with an emotionally satisfying happy ending (Debruge). The film is based on the memoir A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley with Luke Davies. As an adult, Saroo (Sunny Pawar as a child and Dev Patel as an adult) locates and reunites with his Indian family. Reviewed by Marina Fedosik Lion, directed by Garth Davis, is the adoption story of Saroo, a fiveyear -old Indian boy accidentally separated from his birth family and adopted by a Tasmanian couple, Sue and John Brierley (Nicole Kidman and David Wenham). In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:ġ10 Lion.
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