Life of Pi
U/A; Adventure
Dir: Ang Lee
Cast: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabuu00a0
****

Life of Pi is two different movies put in one — the first is a gorgeous, stunning collection of frames that tosses you on an emotional journey, and the second, a heavy-handed sermon on the necessity of God. It succeeds gloriously in the former, and falls flat in the latter. Either ways, it provides ample proof that director Ang Lee can make even an inanimate object filmable.

The film stars Irrfan as Pi and newcomer Suraj Sharma as his younger self, but the guy who makes the most impact is a CGI tiger called Richard Parker, and it is a testament to how sophisticated computer graphics have become. Every scene is so meticulously put together by Lee and his crew it’s nearly impossible to separate the CGI from the practical effects.