#A LONG WAY HOME MOVIE MOVIE#

After two days on the train, being carried away from his mother, two brothers, and sister, he finds himself in Calcutta (modern-day Kolkatta). While following his older brother to a neighboring town, he becomes trapped in a train carriage. Liontells the true story of Saroo Brierley ( Sunny Pawar), a boy who grew up as poor as one could in India - begging for scraps of food, caring for his young sister while his mother does hard labor. However, Davis’ vision of Saroo’s journey is simultaneously devastating, yet filled with beauty, both human and cinematic. Lion could have easily fallen into the idealistic cookie cutter crowdpleaser category. He simply wasn’t equipped with the talent to translate his too-good-to-be-true story onto the page. That’s not to fault the book’s author and subject Saroo Brierley.

#A LONG WAY HOME MOVIE MOVIE#

What this all boils down to is that 'Aftermath: A Long Way Home' is a brave movie which highlights a lot of real issues but unfortunately the approach to the movie is too typically TV movie and is wrong for such a gritty subject.Lion is one of the few inspirational true stories that translates beautifully on screen thanks to director Garth Davis and a strong performance by Dev PatelĪ Long Way Home, the book that the movie Lionis based on, is essentially devoid of emotion. And the styling is predominantly typical with only the occasional scene of an actor in therapy which breaks the norm with an almost artsy black background. It's not just that the central actors, Robert Ulrich and Meredith Baxter, who deliver soft performances as it is the entire cast who never ring completely true. Basically whilst it makes many good points the emotion, the drama, the anger and so on never feels real. In fairness if you strip away some styling issues it makes a lot of good points on the complexities of the situation.īut as mentioned 'Aftermath: A Long Way Home' is a very typical TV movie from the style through to the acting and for such a gritty subject it is all to soap opera ish rather than gritty. Some of these include Jack knowing that when his son falls asleep in bed next to him that Carol will probably think the worst, there is Carol not feeling like she can leave Jack alone with the kids whilst also thinking that their daughter Tess is dressing provocatively when her bath robe isn't completely closed. Oh there is some narrative in there about Jack having been abused as a child and then Carol remembering her own childhood but the real focus is on the numerous stresses and strains which the family are confronted by as they try to move on together. So in a way 'Aftermath: A Long Way Home' doesn't have a storyline but is more an attempt to highlight the numerous issues which occur for a family trying to move on as a unit after the father was caught abusing his daughter. But at the same time I have to say that 'Aftermath: A Long Way Home' unfortunately tackles the subject in a typically afternoon TV movie sort of way which means the grit is seriously reduced in favour of some soap opera style drama and styling which frankly feels wrong for such a powerful subject. Now I applaud all those involved for tackling such a powerful subject, one which explores many different elements of the situation from betrayal to feelings of guilt and frustration. I have watched quite a few movies which deal with the disturbing subject of child abuse but 'Aftermath: A Long Way Home' is the first which attempts to deal with the subject of moving on, with a family trying to get back together following abuse. But when Jack returns things are unsurprisingly far from easy for any of them from Jack constantly feeling like he has to jump through hoops to Carol struggling to trust him as well as their young son seeing his dad as the cause of all their troubles. Having separated when she caught her husband ,Jack ( Robert Urich - Final Run), abusing their daughter, Tess (Shawna Waldron), Carol ( Meredith Baxter - A Christmas Visitor) wants her husband to return home and her family back together as they all have had counselling.

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