Life of Pi (2012)
Adventure, Drama
79Kernel Score — Generally Favorable, 0 reviews
The Kernel take
A Metascore of 79 proved prescient: Life of Pi's $120M budget generated a 5x return, becoming a genuine blockbuster with $609M worldwide gross and cementing itself as one of the most profitable literary adaptations ever made.
Director track record: Ang Lee
Life of Pi (79) sits well above Ang Lee's own 69-point average across 12 scored films — a career high, though it trails his best-reviewed work, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (94).
Lead track record: Suraj Sharma
Life of Pi (79) sits well above Suraj Sharma's own 52.4-point average across 5 scored films — a career-defining breakthrough that becomes their new best-reviewed work to date.
Box office
Budget $120M · Box office $609M