Review of The Lion

So, a guy gets divorced (Holden) ...never visits his kid who is in Africa, goes to get his kid because his ex-wife has summoned him. He steals his ex-wife and child from a guy (Howard) who raised his kid and who the kid loves. This was all selfishly orchestrated by his wife (Cappucine). The point of the movie seems very sympathetic to Holden and Cappucine (with a happy ending for those two!). But, from this viewer's point of view, they are selfish and a couple of jerks. Yes, the kid needed to leave Africa...but by every right, Trevor Howard's character should have shot both of those scheming adults. The acting and cinematography are great (although the blue screen effects are obvious as you see a glow around the actors during those scenes). Unfortunately, I saw an old TV version of this movie that was not wide screen but pan and scan. Hopefully, when they arrived in Connecticut at the end of the movie, they all went to family counseling...as this is one screwed up family.