What an odd puzzle of a movie we have here.
Lion starts off strong and finishes in a similarly satisfying manner, with both sections of the movie relying on some extremely well-done poignancy that tugs right at your heartstrings. But in between those opening and closing 10-minute or so segments is a messy movie with sporadic moments of goodness trying to breathe amidst an overly busy screenplay that's trying to shove too many real-life events into all too short of a running time. Looking at
Lion as a whole, those opening and closing scenes likely resonate all the more because of how inconsistent a lot of the film as a whole.
