The Lift Boy

Netflix new offering "The Lift Boy" is a sweet story about a boy who struggle to pass engineering exam because one paper. How his employer helps him and also teaches him few important lesson of life.

Direction

This slice of life movie on Netflix is sweet and heart warming. Director Jonathan Augustin shows you Mumbai and its struggle from the lens which has been seen earlier but it's refreshing. This small movie does not have too much of drama but it has soul. Director has managed to show what he wants to say.

Performance & Story

Moin Khan as Raju has to work as a lift man to cover up his father Krishna (Saagar Kale) to make sure his father job. Krishna who suffered a heart attack & his wife has been working hard to make sure their son Raju one day becomes an engineer. Raju's struggle initial hesitation and shame makes him hate the job but gradually Raju starts enjoying the job because of Princess (a girl who is being forced to be an actress by her mother). But the story is between Raju & Mrs. Maureen D'souza (Nyla Massod). The relationship between them is pure and heart warming. Both actors are really good and plays their character very well. Few character are caricature of typical mother, typical neighbor and typical friend but main two character manage to hold you.

Music & Background score

This movie is weak in background score. Though a full fledged song was not required but Director should have worked Background music.

Overall

Decent,slice of life movie to watch, it is not boring but does not promises to give you mind blowing story.

People in the Huaxia, life is like an elevator going up and down, and only with all their efforts to help others can they reverse their lives. In addition to the deep and unfavorable emotion of the protagonist's family, another important plot line in the film is a strange relationship between the owner's painter and the elevator boy. Sometimes, although parents send their children to High expectations, but not necessarily the ability to teach their children, in the film to help the protagonist elevator boy, to learn on the right track, is this well-intentioned painter of the owner of the building, in the film treats the elevator boy, sometimes harsh, sometimes warm and kind For better or worse, the old lady's implication for the life education of young elevator boys lies behind her. Motivational films full of positive energy, but different from the past big productions and big scenes, people look at the blood-filled style, follow a warm little fresh line, people laugh with tears!

After some time, I feel relaxed watching a satisfying story, a story of a boy trying to clear a drawing subject of his engineering, how stumbles upon a Temporary job of a lift boy! The lift boy is about hope, efforts and success! A very sweet and simple story which with its nicely selected character roles makes it memorable!

The film has an extremely basic principle yet works perfectly. Gets the emotions spot on and the relationships are done wonderfully. The film was probably 20-30mins longer than needed given how basic the basis of the film was but good enough not to drag to badly.

One of the best illustration of how people with good intentions and no expectations can help build a better society.