Lion

Translated from swedish: "Lion" is an emotional rollercoaster that manages to engage in every frame without coming across as sappy or over-the-top.
- Jonathan Enochsson

Swedish: moviezine.se »

Translated from swedish: This is a film and story that stays with you long after it ends. This is really good stuff and it never becomes too much of anything even though it's emotionally powerful.
- Camilla Käller

Swedish: omfilmer.se »

Translated from swedish: An absolutely incredible film in every way. It touches me deeply and you're torn between hope and despair, joy and sorrow. Director Luke Davis has truly succeeded in portraying Saroo's life, which I assume follows the book's storyline.
- Desirée Ehn

Swedish: filmeye.se »

Translated from swedish: "Lion" is exactly what it claims to be - an emotional punch to the gut.
- Fredrik Edström

Swedish: filmtopp.se »

Translated from swedish: It's a touching film that manages to be both complex and simple at the same time. The adult Saroo's inner struggle is portrayed well, especially in the scenes where the privileges and quality of life he now takes for granted in his home country of Australia are contrasted with the extreme poverty he has roots in.
- Caroline Hainer

Swedish: svt.se »

Translated from swedish: Garth Davis shows an India far from the tourist brochures. It's poor, harsh; children are exploited in every possible way. Saroo is lucky to escape from there and get a new chance in life. Or is he? The longing for mom and big brother doesn't disappear despite his adoptive parents' intense love.
- Naila Saleem

Swedish: sverigesradio.se »

Translated from swedish: A gripping book has become a gripping film. Especially the first part of the movie with the child Saroo (Sunny Pawar) is moving.
- Birgitta Komaki

Swedish: kulturbloggen.com »

Translated from swedish: "Lion" is a gripping, slow-paced, beautiful film based on a true story.
- Björn Jansson

Swedish: sverigesradio.se »

Translated from swedish: However, "Lion" is bigger than that, and the weaker touch points of adult life become a mere trifle among identity formation, nature versus nurture, and modern technology that has made globalization accessible with the click of a mouse. In this, we get a story about rootlessness and finding a needle in a haystack that will make the tears flow.
- Daniel Hånberg Alonso

Swedish: ng.se »

Translated from swedish: This is how you can attempt to take a senseless tragedy experienced by a family in India and turn it into a personal story about a young Western man's search for identity. To some extent it works, as mentioned, because there's a layer of goodwill covering the surface and some of the actors are indeed good, and technically it's occasionally impressive.
- Fredrik Fyhr

Swedish: fredrikfyhr.se »

Translated from swedish: Gripping hunt for the family

Swedish: sydsvenskan.se »

Translated from swedish: The outcome of this type of film is usually a given. Everything hints at a happy ending. The answer somehow lies in the very existence of the movie itself. So it becomes a bit like trying to convince someone to go through a winding maze for two hours when you can clearly see the faster paved road right next to it. "Lion" unfortunately never manages to make us stop thinking about the easier route.
- Wanda Bendjelloul

Swedish: dn.se »

Translated from swedish: It's hardly the themes in "Lion" – identity, cultural prejudices, and global social divides – that are uninteresting, but rather the form they're cast in.
- Jon Asp

Swedish: svd.se »