O Menino e o Tigre

There's this very naive kind of slow feel to the movie that almost made me turn it off a couple of times, but I'm glad I persevered. Bear with me, and I'll tell you why.

The best actor in the movie, by far, was the tiger lol. No kidding, he/she truly stole the show! That aside, the whole production felt a little amateur... though I don't know if that's the feel they were going with. The visuals were stunning, the acting not so much. The dialogues feel a bit contrived, the characters are all 2-dimensional. The events are a bit disconnected too with not enough of filling in the holes.

That said, the tiger stole my heart, the naivity of the performance was heart-warming, the landscapes were stunning, and the portrayal of the people refreshing, so, for me, a movie worth watching.

Simple emotion. To see such pure friendship and a story that represents this value today is an immense joy!

The environments are incredible and they are able to frame this journey of human growth.

It seems that the boy and the tiger are the representatives of the two sides of the world, the human and the animal, and that both of them need the same love and the same protection. And mutual respect!!

I appreciated the acting of the child and his ability to give a lot of shades of color with little. I had already seen him in another film and confirms his talent, very good! The other actors also do a great choral job.

I shan't talk about the actors and the acting because to tell you the honest truth, the actors do not seem to be professional (and some not to be actors at all...but extras roped in) so its pretty dim in that department. However! I have a tendency to think that it gave the film some raw state procedure that helped to give it credence! The story is very simply told - it is after all a just, leave here and arrive there; whilst catching up with old friends and meeting new ones as you hitchhike to a Temple. The only the "but" to the tale is there is a Tiger cub as your sidekick that you rescued from poachers and. They are extremely devoid of anything needed to make a good villain.

Its a slow paced film but its just had that little something to it that kept me watching it; rather than switching it off. I hadn't been expecting much of it to start with so it was a sneaky surprise for me. I absolutely did notice the blatant mistakes in replacing the Tiger cubs used throughout the film. The small ones looked very similar (unless you know how to read the different stripes all Tigers have; none had the same pattern markings) but the last one used was nearly twice the size in the space of a few days to a weeks length of time.

No acting. Difficult to watch when the main character's acting is wooden... Lots of holes in the script. There are some scenes where it's nonsense in general. The antagonist is like a dog's fifth leg. If he wasn't there, you wouldn't miss him. Jumping from one scene to another. Lots of logical gaps. Even the children are saying why the tiger is so grown up or that the tiger looks fake in this scene... The film is presented as a family or children's film, but the children can barely keep their attention... Overall the film is not worth watching. It is a pity that I will not get my money back...

The acting was great - especially the boys whose relationship with the tiger seemed heartfelt, genuine, and natural. Even the tiger could act! Its intelligence was impressive and its friendship with the boy touched me. It reminded me how beautiful Tigers are, and how devasting it is that they are critically endangered. Apart from that, I think this is a great family film that would keep children engaged from start to finish. I also loved learning about the people and traditions of Nepal and the kingdom of Mustang. The film made me want to get on the flight to Nepal that's for sure...10/10 would recommend it to anyone who loves avdenture.