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Life of Pi (2012) 8.1
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8.1/10 from 194,036 users
Metascore: 79/100
Reviews: 586 user | 464 critic | 44 from Metacritic.com A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger. Director:Ang Lee |
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Cast
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| Irrfan Khan | ... | ||
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Ayush Tandon | ... |
Pi Patel (11 /
12 Years)
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Gautam Belur | ... | |
| Adil Hussain | ... |
Santosh Patel
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Gita Patel
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Mohd. Abbas Khaleeli | ... |
Ravi Patel (13 /
14 Years)
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Ravi Patel (18 /
19 Years)
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Cook
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Older Insurance Investigator
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Younger Insurance Investigator
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Shravanthi Sainath | ... |
Anandi
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
In Canada, a writer visits the Indian storyteller Pi Patel and asks him to tell his life story. Pi tells the story of his childhood in Pondicherry, India, and the origin of his nickname. One day, his father, a zoo owner, explains that the municipality is no longer supporting the zoo and he has hence decided to move to Canada, where the animals the family owns would also be sold. They board on a Japanese cargo ship with the animals and out of the blue, there is a storm, followed by a shipwrecking. Pi survives in a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and a male Bengal tiger nicknamed Richard Parker. They are adrift in the Pacific Ocean, with aggressive hyena and Rickard Parker getting hungry. Pi needs to find a way to survive. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for emotional thematic content throughout, and some scary action sequences and peril | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
21 November 2012 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Una aventura extraordinaria See more »Box Office
Budget:
$120,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$22,451,514 (USA) (21 November 2012)Gross:
$124,863,505 (USA) (17 May 2013)Company Credits
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Writer: So, you were raised in a zoo?
Adult Pi Patel: Born and raised. In Pondicherry, in what was the French part of India. My father owned the zoo, and I was delivered on short notice by a herpetologist, who was there to check on the Bengal monitor lizard. Mother and I were both healthy, but the poor lizard escaped and was trampled by a frightened cassowary. The way of karma, huh? The way of God.
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Vocals by Pandit Jasraj
Courtesy of Saregama India
By arrangement with The Royalty Network, Inc.
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Goofs
When the camera zooms out after the flying fish have gone, the raft is not anywhere to be seen. However, in the next scene, it is still connected to the boat. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Writer: So, you were raised in a zoo?
Adult Pi Patel: Born and raised. In Pondicherry, in what was the French part of India. My father owned the zoo, and I was delivered on short notice by a herpetologist, who was there to check on the Bengal monitor lizard. Mother and I were both healthy, but the poor lizard escaped and was trampled by a frightened cassowary. The way of karma, huh? The way of God.
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Crazy Credits
The end credits are also in 3D See more »Soundtracks
"Raga Ahir Bhairav"Vocals by Pandit Jasraj
Courtesy of Saregama India
By arrangement with The Royalty Network, Inc.
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What utter garbage this movie was. Sure, the CGI was good... and that's about it.
That anyone found this movie a spiritual eye-opener shocks, and actually kind of horrifies me. Why are there so many people just wandering around like zombies not questioning their own existence? Did this movie just serve to make them actually put down their lattes and credit cards for one second to see a different perspective on life? I have no other explanation for how well received this movie was.
I tried to see it as just a story on it's own merits but the religious nonsense was just so thick, it's impossible to separate. Life of Pi heaves with religious overtones - constantly. But none of it goes "deeper" than what you would assume every person has pondered at least once or twice in their lifetime: Is God real? Why do people believe? Is it better to believe or disbelieve, and does this change if God is real, or not real?
Let me point this out: PI DOES NOT LEARN ANYTHING, NOR CHANGE DURING THE MOVIE. Pi starts out gullible and foolish, looking for meaning in life to the point of seeing religion and "God" in everything where none exists. At the end, after a painfully long journey (for both protagonist and viewer), Pi is still seeing religion and "God" in everything - except now he is also a liar.
A religious version of castaway that asks no new questions, provides no new answers, and is better off missed.