Life of Pi (2012)

Life of Pi rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.9/10· 697K votes

Rotten Tomatoes86%

Metacritic79%

TMDb7.4/10· 14K votes

With 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.9/10 on IMDb and 79/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Life of Pi

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.

Cast of Life of Pi

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  Suraj Sharma

  as Pi Patel

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  Irrfan Khan

  as Adult Pi Patel

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  Ayush Tandon

  as Pi Patel (11-12 Years)

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  Gautam Belur

  as Pi Patel (5 Years)

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  Adil Hussain

  as Santosh Patel

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  Tabu

  as Gita Patel

• A

  Ayaan Khan

  as Ravi Patel (7 Years)

• M

  Mohd Abbas Khaleeli

  as Ravi Patel (13-14 Years)

• V

  Vibish Sivakumar

  as Ravi Patel (18-19 Years)

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  Rafe Spall

  as Writer

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  Gérard Depardieu

  as Cook

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  James Saito

  as Older Insurance Investigator

Life of Pi facts

Budget

$120M

Box office

$609M

Our take on Life of Pi

Ang Lee's 2012 adventure follows an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son, who survives a Pacific shipwreck only to find himself sharing a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Bengal tiger. What begins as a survival ordeal becomes a long, drifting meditation on faith, storytelling and the will to endure. Working in a mode that blends adventure with contemplative drama, Lee turns the open ocean into a canvas of striking, dreamlike imagery. It suits viewers who want spectacle with a philosophical undertow, and who are patient with a film more interested in wonder and meaning than in relentless action.