Excellent work Mr Boyle!

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2008)

This movie is really a masterpiece and the directing is brilliant! I've dealt with slum kids in India, and the film really depicts their resourceful nature with great accuracy. Its a movie about good, evil, greed, and innocence - and most importantly, about hope. Really, although fictional it could almost be a documentary about the many shanti towns in Bombay. Rather than wallow in depressing sorrow over their situation, the film deals with the harsh realities of homeless kids in India in a very humorous manner. It also shows two sides of India which is very real: ruthlessness and innocence, all in a huge potpourri. The little kids are amazing, natural, actors in the movie and deserve an award. They are truly beautiful! And there's a lot of funny incidents quite typical for India. The whole story is cleverly intertwining Jamal's life story with his ability to answer the questions in the huge Crorepati (game show) contest. Its quite remarkable that Danny Boyle has been able to depict slum life and the underbelly of Bombay so well, after only being in India for three months! The only criticism I have is that the main characters are too light complexioned to be believable to be from the slum. It would have been nicer to have dark complexioned characters, since light and dark skin is such a deep issues in India.
Anyone who sees this movie will be moved by it, and will have a lot of laughs. The added plus is that it also has a happy ending! Go see it and enjoy!
Excellent work, Mr Boyle! I think Slumdog Millionaire will end up being at least as popular and widespread as Mamma Mia although its not a musical. It has a happy and hopeful spirit running through it, common in many musicals.