Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" hit theaters on Wednesday and, unlike the ocean freighter shipping its protagonist across the globe, it doesn't sink.
In fact, according to TheWrap's Leah Rozen, it "soars."
With an admirable 85 percent "fresh" rating on critics aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Rozen's not alone. Following the adventures of Pi Patel, a 17-year-old Indian boy shipwrecked in the Pacific with only a Bengal tiger for company, the 3D adaptation of Yann Martel's bestselling survival story is being hailed as visually stunning.
"Lee has made a film that’s marvelously simple and yet simultaneously complex," Rozen writes. "On one level, this is a magical tale of survival, with boy and tiger facing off, at least initially, against each other as well as the elements.