2012 · drama · adventure · fantasy
Life of Pi (2012)
Directed by Ang Lee2h 7m2012
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Our read: Life of Pi (2012) (2012) reads as a neutral, steady, surreal drama · adventure · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / adventure, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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