![Dev Patel, stars as Saroo, an Indian man that was adopted by Australian family after hopping a train as a boy and getting lost. In the film, he’s tracing his roots. Photo Credit: The Weinstein Co.](/images/resized/images/news/2016/92_jan06/15_100_100.jpg)
Rating: ««« out of 4 stars
Running Time: 118 min.
Every once in a while, a movie comes along that you can’t help but embrace. It may feature a by-the-numbers plot and be completely obvious in its manipulations, but somehow it all still works. Such is the case with Lion, a family drama/tearjerker that really got to me. This is remarkable, considering that as events were progressing I knew exactly what it was trying to do.
This story (based on real events) begins with young Saroo (Sunny Pawar) a five-year old boy living in a remote village with his family in India. While looking for work with his brother on the rail yard, he accidentally boards a train and ends up traveling a...