![]() ![]() Starring Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tobey Maguire, Adil Hussain. If the boy’s dire circumstances don’t grab the attention of older audiences, the starving tiger will. Brilliant visual and 3D effects, seafaring life forms and hunger-induced hallucinations contrast with the ever-present thirst for survival. ![]() While intense peril, the killing of animals and life-threatening moments for Pi are too scary for young viewers, Ang Lee’s direction of Yann Martel’s 2001 novel make this a remarkable oceanic adventure for most teens and adults. But that doesn’t negate the powerful messages this film contains, including the uncertainty of good-byes, a precocious solution to bullying and the positive power of adversity in propelling us forward. In the end, viewers, like the Japanese officials investigating the ship’s sinking, will chose to believe what they want to. How else does he explain 227 days on a floating dinner plate with a hungry omnivore?ĭespite the frequent references to religion, the spiritual journey may not occur to audience members, who like Pi’s father, would rather put their confidence in reason and science. For him, it’s more than a physical and emotional transformation it is the spiritual recognition of God’s hand in his life. Then 16-year-old Pi and the tiger are all that remain.Īcting newcomer Suraj Sharma carries the weight of this movie with a natural aplomb, moving from terrified orphan to the savvy captain of his tiny vessel. ![]() The orangutan and hyena go next in a couple of quick and relatively bloodless attacks. ![]() It doesn’t take a degree in animal husbandry to guess the injured animal will be the first course on the boat’s limited menu offerings. What we don’t know is how Pi does it and which, if any of the animals will make it. He is the one recounting the extraordinary events to a visiting writer (Rafe Spall). They all end up on the same 26-foot lifeboat.īefore the adventure begins, we know Pi survives. Midway across the ocean, the Japanese cargo ship they are traveling on hits stormy waters and capsizes, drowning everyone but Pi, an injured zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a 450-pound Bengal tiger. His father (Adil Hussain) runs the facility in Pondicherry, India until political unrest pushes him and his wife (Tabu) to emigrate to Canada with their two sons and crates full of exotic animals. But in this story, “Wilson” weighs 450 pounds and bites.Īs a child, Pi Patel (Suraj Sharma) lives in a zoo. Think of Life of Pi as Bollywood’s version of Tom Hanks’ Cast Away. ![]()
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