Dev Patel,
Freida Pinto,
Madhur Mittal,
Anil Kapoor,
Irfan Khan
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The story of how impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik became a contestant on the Hindi version of "Who Wants to be A Millionaire?" -- an endeavor made without prize money in mind, rather, an effort to...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 31, 2009
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January 14, 2010Indie films have taken a COLOSSAL leap forward! So far, this has got to be the best Indie film I have seen so far. If you are open to different genres and viewpoints, this movie is a MUST SEE. The acting, the cinematography, filmography, character building... just everything a...( read more)
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January 9, 2010Nowhere near the top film of last year.
It was well acted, and a good story. I truly enjoyed it. But there were several films that had the overall package more complete than this one had. -
January 9, 2010Not quite the sugar coated feel good film I was expecting. It's quite dramatic and gritty in places but I think that makes the harshness of the situations the characters find themselves in and what they go though in their life time more realistic. This makes the film better overa...( read more)
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December 25, 2009''It is written.''
The story of the life of an impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik, who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of "Who Wants to be A Millionaire?", wins, and is then suspected of cheating.
Dev Patel: Jamal Malik
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December 13, 2009Danny Boyle's best film and 2008's Best Picture winner (it was written) bursts off the screen in a flurry of color and sound to immerse the viewer in the slums of Mumbai before lifting him to the sky with an invigorating tale of tenacity and young love. The film packs more exuber...( read more)
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February 8, 2010The first half of the film was very good, and when I began to like it very much, the second half began, which is your ordinary Hollywood cliché, which spoils the rest of it. And that was really a shame.
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February 8, 2010I really like the story... I mean, every question & answer has a story behind it. That's why Jamal deserves the 20 million rupee... Who wants to be a millionare? Jamal sure don't.
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February 7, 2010i didn't get it, and it wasn't that great :p the dancing at the ending was just ridiculous! haha! xD
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February 7, 2010It's good. Really good. I don't know what I expecting, but I was surprised to find it a sweet love story that also happened to be about poverty, tragedy and TV game shows.
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February 7, 2010The first half of the film was outstanding, the directing was superb... but the ending was a disappointment for me. Maybe it peaked too soon?
Critic Reviews
January 9, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
November 20, 2008
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
You are guaranteed to leave the theater on a high. full review
November 17, 2008
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
There are no surprises in this movie, and most people will be able to predict, within the first ten minutes, roughly how the last ten will pan out. full review
November 14, 2008
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Slumdog Millionaire is skillful entertainment, with the simple message that the most intense life experiences yield the greatest education. full review
November 13, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Slumdog Millionaire is [Boyle's] liveliest fusion of style and content since Trainspotting. full review
November 12, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press
There hasn't been a social drama this decadently over-hyped since City of God. Boyle plays the same game of pandering to liberal sensibilities while entertaining safe, middle-class distance. full review
November 12, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The beautifully rendered and energetic tale celebrates resilience, the power of knowledge and the vitality of the human experience. Horrifying, humorous and life-affirming, it is, above all, unforgett... full review
November 12, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This is a breathless, exciting story, heartbreaking and exhilarating at the same time. full review
November 12, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Slumdog Millionaire has the goods to bust out as a scrappy contender in the Oscar race. It's modern India standing in for a world in full economic spin. full review
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April 7, 2009This is a two-bit feel good summer coming of age indie flick gone horribly, horribly awry. My nightmare has come true. I'll be hiding in a cave if anyone needs me.
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April 2, 2009It looks so crappy and overated, just like all the music videoclip from India.
Edit: Well WTF.. how did they manage with the trailer of the movie to show something that looked like a dance movie while in fact it wasn't a dancing movie until the credit... After all it was very good since it wasn't a lame videoclip of india. -
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March 24, 2009what a shame...world is praising the slumdog bt few of our countryman still criticizing the masterpiece..every indian shld watch the excellent work by danny
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March 16, 2009hey everybody can u all help me.I saw slumdog millionaire.It is awesome! but I want to see it again but I have not a DVD can u all tell how I can see this film free? Please send me emails on anuka0717@yahoo.com
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March 7, 2009.................. PART V ............
The plot of a slum boy entering the contest is as bizarre as our Hindi films’ B-grade movies’ plots. But, since it was made by a British filmmaker… SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE has become the toast of the season worldwide. Vidhu Vinod Chopra must be thinking, what went wrong with his PARINDA?
Johnny D
http://johnnydbombay.mid-day.com
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March 7, 2009
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Danny Boyle’s SM is a mediocre film by Hindi film standards, which is not even worthy of becoming a hit at the box-office, especially if an Indian had made it. The 8 Oscars is a clear indication that Hollywood filmmakers and producers want to enter the Indian film market, sadly, everyone is overlooking this aspect. Remember how Indian beauties suddenly were winning Miss World and Universe pageants left, right and centre when the West wanted to enter India’s beauty products’ market??? And just like Indian Awards Function, even the winner has to perform on stage to get an award (in lieu of payments for performance) at the Oscars was very evident when A R Rahman had to run inside to get ready to perform for his second Oscars.
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March 7, 2009
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Why do we love to lick the Western World? I really fail to understand the logic behind such a callous approach towards our own countrymen and love for the white skin. The immediate revenge saga of brother killing the don is taken from Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s super-hit film PARINDA (1989). The characters of Jamal, his brother and Latika replicate PARINDA’s Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, who rise from Mumbai’s footpath. Wonder of wonders, PARINDA was even India’s official entry for the 1990 Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Film Category… but it never won any Oscars then, while Danny Boyle’s efforts in copying Hindi film fetched him 8 Oscars. Totally unbelievable! Is this really the HIGHEST STANDARD of the most coveted award for any filmmaker in the world?
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March 7, 2009
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If an Indian had made SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE… the critics would have shouted aloud and pointed out that it was a lift from such and such Hollywood, Korean or other movies. We, Indians are so much infatuated with the WHITE SKIN even today, that we will never dare to lift a finger at them, why???? Are they really superior than us in any ways? And the saddest part is that the Indian media went berserk rejoicing SM’s win as if an Indian filmmaker has made the film. If an Indian had made SM, it would have never got positive reviews, instead it would have hardly even sustained at the box-office for more than two weeks, courtesy Film Critics.
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