Magical Movie

Rating: 10/10 (2 March 2010)

I found this movie to be simply magical and worthy of all awards. A modern day fable taking place in India, the movie pulls in a US audience with its basis in the TV show, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire". Only somebody with a complete lack of imagination will not relate to the rags to riches story of Jamal. His answers to the questions on the TV show trigger vignettes of how he came to learn them, virtually all the hard way, in what amounts to an epic story of survival and love. Could something like this happen in real life? No, not hardly, but neither could the Wizard of Oz - another movie fable at the same all-time great level. The soundtrack, the cinematography, the screenplay and directing were all worthy of the Oscar wins. I recommend this movie to all, and rave about it to my friends and family. This is the finest movie made so far in the 21st century.