Slumdog Millionaire
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Movie Reviews of Slumdog Millionaire
Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire
Summary: 5 Stars
Jamal Malik (Patel) is a "slumdog" - a poor boy - from the streets of Mumbai. And yet, when he ends up on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", he answers enough questions correctly to get to the final round. He wins 10 million rupees before time runs out for the episode. He will need to come back the next day for the final question, but as he is leaving the studio, the police take him in for questioning. They are sure that he has cheated, given his roots. After a torture session, he begins to recount how he has come to know the answers to the questions. This involves a flashback tour of his life that includes two other significant players: his brother Salim (Mittal) and the girl he loves, Latika (Pinto).
"Slumdog Millionaire" is a well told story of a boy's attempt to make it from the slums of India and find the girl of his dreams. Despite its early gloominess, it is surprisingly uplifting. Crossing genres, this film is a romance, mystery, and thriller all at once. The framing of the story around the questions of the game show adds to its uniqueness. The actors, while not grizzled veterans, embody their characters and are thoroughly likeable. "Slumdog Millionaire" is very much worth checking out. It is the Oscar favorite for best picture, and I would not be surprised if it walks away with the trophy.
Movie Review: Truly the best film of 2008...
Summary: 5 Stars
I have seen this movie 3 times in the theatre, and each time, it touches my heart in a different way...it was only while watching it for the 2nd time that I realized that the love story between the two brothers is almost as powerful as the love story between Jamal and Latika. True, they are completely different in their "make up", and grow into two very different young men, but the love is there...definitely. Salim's choice, for example, is completely filled with love for his brother, as well as his deep love for Allah. He knows what he needs to do, and does it. And who can't be touched by Jamal's statement to Latika that "Salim will help us"? In his heart, he never gave up on his brother.
Yes, there's poverty and violence in this film, but I also think that one of the most beautiful statements this movie makes is about the bonds we form in childhood-- how they shape us as adults, and, ultimately, how we choose to treat each other as life kicks us around a bit. It really doesn't matter if you grew up in the slums of Mumbai or Beverly Hills, we all carry life's "events" around with us, and what shows on the surface is how we've chosen to assimilate, conquer, or push them aside...if we can.
Of course, that little ingredient called DESTINY can't be overlooked, either!
I LOVE this film.
Movie Review: Could possibly be the greatest Love Story on film...
Summary: 5 Stars
I believe there are many people who can learn many things from watching this movie but you have to really watch it with an open mind and understand there is more than American style and culture in this world. There is constant battles and struggles with religion and power all around us and among us. When it comes to both it is apparent that people can be diabolical and cruel to whoever and whatever stands in their way of their own beliefs. Just know that if you watch this movie.
Of all the things this young man wanted was to be with the one he loved. Money and basic needs didn't even cross his mind. He was so persistant in his exhausting quest for love, all he saw was her. Love overcomes all things that hold people back, and not to sound like some hippie, but I think we all need some of what he had.
I do however wish and hope that somebody finds it in their heart to help those poor kids who played in this movie and lived in shacks as portrayed in this movie. I really don't understand how those kids and their families didn't get any money for playing in this movie which made so much money! Honestly it kind of pisses me off to think those 3 kids made this movie, but yet they still live in shacks as portrayed in this movie, or nothing since some of their shacks have been torn down.
Movie Review: Powerful and sad
Summary: 5 Stars
Jamal is a teenager appearing on the Indian TV game show, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," and he's doing so well that the host and the police think he's cheating. When he's taken in for questioning (and torture), we learn that he answered the "Millionaire" questions correctly because of incidents in his childhood, when he was an orphan fending for himself in the teeming slums of Mumbai.
This is an exceptional movie with a riveting script, outstanding acting, and cinematography that makes you feel like you're right there with Jamal. The movie owes much of its success to the small children who play Jamal and his brother in flashbacks; they're wonderfully talented and believable in quite challenging roles. However, I would recommend it only to those who know what to expect, because it was way too intense for me. The scenes of the boys growing up in hopeless misery and squalor are so shocking I often had to look away. Inhuman cruelty directed at young children drew audible gasps and groans from the theatre audience.
The triumph of the human spirit at the end is heartening, but the pain and suffering of the slumdogs was so graphic, it was really painful to watch. It's a well-made movie that I wouldn't want to see again.
Movie Review: You may learn from life...
Summary: 5 Stars
The plot of "Slumdog" has already been blabbed away. I enjoyed it a lot; life's lessons can teach a lot more than most schools.This is a finely crafted film, thanks to the always wonderful Danny Boyle; a whole bunch of wonderful kid-actors make the flash-back moments so hopefully heartfelt.A wonderful cast. The amazing editing and brilliant photography add to the progression of the plot at large, showing past & present. I was impressed that this simple story, that almost didn't find a distributor, appeared to the public. This is a feel-good film, but subtitles may keep some Oscar voters away. The Oscars have made lots of mistakes; the absence of Dev Patel as a nominee is just another Oscar travesty. It's as earnest a performance as I've seen. "Crouching Tiger", Life is Beautiful", "Z", "The Emigrants", and other foreign language films have been darlings at the Oscars, all sub-titled. "Slumdog Millionaire" is a worthy film. Kids should see it to know the importance of "learned knowledge", though the subtitles may not make it as accessible to the general public (and kids). I was moved by this film, and the impeccable artistry for a "small" film. Bravo, Danny Boyle! UPDATE: Benjamin Button was a much better cinematic achievement. It should've won.