THIS IS WHY ‘LION’ IS THE BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR
“AS A REFUGEE, AN IMMIGRANT, AND A MOTHER, LION RESONATED DEEPLY WITH ME. IT IS A REMARKABLE FILM AND A TESTAMENT TO THE INDOMITABLE HUMAN SPIRIT.”
- MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE
“A TIMELESS FILM ABOUT FAMILY, IDENTITY AND HUMANITY IN THE 21ST-CENTURY. BEAUTIFULLY ACTED AND BEAUTIFULLY TOLD – AN ASTONISHING AND TRUE STORY SPANNING CONTINENTS AND CULTURES.”
- MARK HALPERIN, AUTHOR AND SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST, MSNBC
“LION ISA BEAUTIFUL FILM. IT MOVED ME DEEPLY. SUNNY PAWAR AND DEV PATEL ARE BOTH OUTSTANDING AS THE CHILD AND ADULT SAROO, AND NICOLE KIDMAN GIVES AN EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE. A TERRIFIC PIECE OF WORK.”
- SALMAN RUSHDIE, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
“IN A WORLD THAT SEEMS TO BE BROKEN APART BY DIVISIVENESS, LION ROARS WITH THE KIND OF HOPE WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR.”
- GLOBAL CITIZEN
“IN A DARK AND TREMULOUS TIME, LION IS THE PERFECT ANTIDOTE: UPLIFTING AND INSPIRATIONAL, BRIMMING WITH PERFORMANCES – ESPECIALLY THAT OF THE INSANELY PRECOCIOUS SUNNY PAWAR – THAT TAKE THE BREATH AWAY. FOR THOSE (LIKE ME) WHO ARE ADOPTED AND FOR THOSE WHO AREN’T BUT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PROFOUND NEED TO CONNECT TO AN ELUSIVE PAST, THE MOVIE IS AT ONCE A REVELATION AND A MIRACLE.”
- JOHN HEILEMANN, CO-MANAGING EDITOR, BLOOMBERG POLITICS