Lion review: perfectly strange story triggers a great flood of emotion

By Paul Byrnes
Updated January 19 2017 - 5:18pm, first published 4:49pm
Nicole Kidman and Sunny Pawar in <i>Lion</i>. Photo: Mark Rogers
Nicole Kidman and Sunny Pawar in <i>Lion</i>. Photo: Mark Rogers
Lost as a boy: Sunny Pawar in <i>Lion</i>. Photo: Mark Rogers
Lost as a boy: Sunny Pawar in <i>Lion</i>. Photo: Mark Rogers
Sunny Pawar plays Saroo Brierley as a child in <i>Lion</i>.
Sunny Pawar plays Saroo Brierley as a child in <i>Lion</i>.
Dev Patel as adult Saroo searches for his mother.  Photo: Mark Rogers
Dev Patel as adult Saroo searches for his mother. Photo: Mark Rogers

★★★½
(PG) 118 minutes

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