A Hollywood story in India

Rating: 5/10 (17 August 2009)

Although the movie has a good dynamic, and is entertaining, it's just another Hollywood story in a foreign country. 1- I think that USA people goes to the cinema and watches a movie in English, and doesn't care about it (even if the characters are from another countries), but we see at that and we know it's fake, we don't believe the story. And this issue has been repeated all along Hollywood movies. 2- In my country, the kids that grow in slums, don't know how to read, write or even think properly. It's a poverty fact. And in this movie it isn't even justified why Jamal can solve all the questions. They could have make the Jamal Character as a kid that loved to read or who was brighter than his mates... but none of this is done in the story. 3- The Taj Mahal scene, is pathetic. How is a kid supposed to lie on the story of the Taj Mahal and the USA tourist just don't get it? Again it's an underestimation to the intelligence of the spectator. And i don't mention that the kid spoke perfect English (another hole in the story... how he did learn English?) 4- I agree with the comments that say that the final 1/3 of the movie is the justification to a Hollywood end. And the final dance... oh, unnecessary. 5- The story don't have a purpose or a message. I know that a lot of movies don't have it, but if the marketing says that is a realistic movie that shows how the people lives in the slums of Bombai, i expect something else.
So, sorry for my English. I was somehow anxious because of the critics that this movie had, and the winning Oscar, and i'm very disappointed now. I think City of God is a real realistic movie.