There have been so many adaptations lately that I felt like this one just fell short. It wasn't by any means a bad film, it just didn't live up to my expectations. Having heard amazing things about the book and learning that Academy Award winning director Ang Lee was behind this project, I was hoping for more.
I've never read the book, so basically all I knew was that there was a kid and a tiger. And that's essentially the gist of the entire movie. Pi Patel and his family were on a ship travelling to Canada, but by some mysterious force, the ship sank. Miraculously, he was able to get aboard a life boat with a zebra with a broken leg, an orangutan, a hyena, and the infamous tiger, Richard Parker. As it is with the circle of life, it is survival of the fittest leaving only Pi and Richard Parker on the boat to fend for themselves.
Richard Parker the Tiger and Pi Patel, played by Suraj Sharma. Source: Guardian UK
