"Pi" is an otherworldly experience of exceptional
power that deserves its place in the sun
Somehow, "Life of Pi,"
even with 11 Oscar nominations — only "Lincoln," with 12, has more —
seems as lost at sea as its Indian teen and Bengal tiger called Richard
Parker. The film is finding an audience, especially overseas, but
director Ang Lee's mystical work has dropped out of the conversation on the awards front. Honestly, I don't care about that any more than Joaquin Phoenix
does, but I do wish that this finely adapted literary hit was causing
more of a stir in Hollywood. Screenwriter David Magee managed what many
thought impossible in adapting Yann Martel's novel. Newcomer Suraj
Sharma was exceptional at portraying the shipwrecked Pi with all the
pathos — and pique — you might expect of a teen with the odds stacked
against him. The effects folks worked wonders putting real bite into
Richard Parker's growl. But it was the director's imagination that
brought this grand adventure to visually stunning life. With its
groundbreaking 3-D, "Pi" is an otherworldly experience of exceptional
power that deserves its place in the sun.
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