Review of The Lion

The Lion (1962)
2/10
Sad story about the raising of a young girl in a love triangle.
25 March 2022
Beautiful West African animals, tribal culture and scenery in this horrible little film about an unfaithful woman played by Capucine. She apparently called her American lawyer ex-husband to come to the nature reserve that she and her new husband live on to help her with an unnatural situation with their daughter, Tina. You see Tina grew up with an orphaned lion who is now an adult released back into the wild. Tina is still visiting the lion and being very physical with it every day...for which her mother is worried.

Her current husband, Bullit, a British citizen who is in charge of the nature reserve...takes her ex out on a tour of the reserve where he intentionally riles the animals up to scare her ex in the worst case of male posturing that I have ever seen. What he did should be criminal and I loathe that type of penile measuring.

"I never worry about things like that. Worry can kill a man."-Bullit.

He did the animal taunting of Rhinos, Hippos, and elephants all in an open jeep with a woman and child. Negligent!

I would say not to watch this film if you are an animal lover.

"Even the baboons leave their sick behind."-Tina.

"It's my job to protect and respect the traditions of the tribes on this reserve."-Bullit.

The story is really about the love triangle between the three adults in this story and the child Tina is just an excuse. I guess the old adage really is true...once a cheater always a cheater.

"No card game can go on very long with two people holding all the aces."-Bullit.
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