Life of Pi, Ang Lee's latest masterpiece with Indian actors Suraj Sharma,Tabu, Irrfan Khan,Ayush Tandon in the lead

Life of Pi: New York Film Festival Review

11:00 AM PDT 9/28/2012 by Todd McCarthy

The Bottom Line

A gorgeous and accomplished rendering of the massive best-seller.

Venue

New York Film Festival (opening night)

Opens

Wednesday, Nov. 21 (Fox)

Cast

Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Rafe Spall, Gerard Depardieu, Adril Hussain, Shravanthi Sainath, Ayush Tandon, Vibish Sivakumar

Director

Ang Lee

Excerpts from the Review in The Hollywood Reporter

 Meticulous care is evident in every aspect of the film. All three actors playing Pi are outstanding. The lion’s (or tiger’s) share of the burden falls on 17-year-old Suraj Sharma, the only human on view for half the time, obliged to act in a vacuum and convincingly represent all the physical demands. Lee looked at 3,000 candidates for the role (deliberately avoiding Bollywood talent) and found an unknown whose emotional facility is quite impressive. Ayush Tandon is captivating as the sponge that is young Pi, but absolutely imperative to the film’s success are the heart, lucidity and gravity Irrfan Khan provides as the grown-up Pi looking back at his experience.

 Screenwriter: David Magee, based on the novel by Yann Martel
Producers: Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark
Executive producer: Dean Georgaris
Director of photography: Claudio Miranda
Production designer: David Gropman
Costume designer: Arjun Bhasin
Editor: Tim Squyers
Music: Mychael Danna
No MPAA rating, 125 minutes

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