“Lion” (** out of four) was a wildly overpraised drama about a 5-year old Indian boy who becomes separated from his family in Calcutta. He is then adopted by a kindly Australian family (David Wenham, Nicole Kidman) but 25 years later as an adult (Dev Patel), he sets to return to his native homeland to find the family he was separated from and has always longed for. Thought-provoking story of separation and disposition is curiously muted and aloof and limited in its emotional power. Never boring but never as soaring as you hope it will be. However, film’s climax is very touching and well-handled and almost makes this worthwhile. Patel is first-rate in the lead.