Western Mediocrity with a Taste of India

Rating: 3/10 (28 February 2011)

It is quite difficult to see this movie through the eyes of those who credited Slumdog Millionaire with full marks. It pertained some very nice aspects, including some pretty cinematography, and excitingly talented young actors. However, those pieces still left gaping holes in the film, with many different features that made it worth seeing, but not worth watching.
It seems as though the film picked and marketed itself with pinpoint accuracy to the naïve of America's middle-to-upper class. It gave the audience a view of the derelict of India without actually experiencing it. It let people feel like they were watching an exciting and spicy foreign film without having to deal with subtitles or anything but cookie-cutter story lines, themes and issues.
All together, the filmmakers did an excellent job of taking absolutely no risks whatsoever, while creating for the entire world a genuine piece of hackneyed, crowd-pleasing refuse.
It took all the will power I could not to give this movie lower ratings, and I summoned it because it did have bits of pleasure mixed in with the story line comparable to the cultural and artistic merit of Lady Gaga. Slumdog Millionaire was inescapably a dramatic let down considering its seemingly boundless hype.
If you would like to retain any of your faith in American taste, please, skip this movie... at all costs.