Total Film
Radiates spirituality. But it's also a simple, thrilling and gently uplifting tale of a boy, a boat and a tiger.
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Life of Pi 3D
Winner of four Academy Awards, Ang Lee (who picked up a directing Oscar for his efforts) adapts Yann Martel's best-selling novel, the fantastical journey of a young boy adrift in the Pacific Ocean after a shipwreck. On a lifeboat he is accompanied by a hyena, zebra, orangutan and 450-pound tiger.
Pi (newcomer Suraj Sharma) is the precocious, spiritually-inclined son of a zookeeper from Pondicherry, India. On route to a new life in Canada with his family and a selection of zoo animals, the freighter they hitch a ride on sinks. Pi finds himself fighting for survival on a 26-foot lifeboat along with his beastly companions.
High-profile filmmakers have been attached to the project since 2003 - M. Night Shyamalan, Alfonso Cuarón and Jean-Pierre Jeunet versions all fell through.
Best Director, Cinematography, Original Score and Visual Effects at the 2013 Academy Awards. Best Score, Golden Globes 2013. Best Cinematography, BAFTA Awards 2013.
2012127 minsUSA
AdventureDrama3D
- Director:
- Ang Lee ('Brokeback Mountain', 'Crouchin
- Writer:
- David Magee
- Cast:
- Suraj SharmaIrrfan KhanGérard DepardieuRafe SpallTabuAdil Hussain
Life of Pi 3D / Reviews
The New York Times
It may cause you to doubt what you see with your own eyes - or even to wonder if, in the end, you have seen anything at all.
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Los Angeles Times
Lee's most provocative work... it's as if the filmmaker has found the philosopher's stone.
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A.V. Club
It's more compelling to focus on Lee's visceral cinematic experience than on the larger, fuzzier messages.
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