A masterpiece that will keep you glued to your seat!

Rating: 10/10 (16 February 2009)

To me, this movie out rules any movie I have seen in recent times, like Frost Nixon or Benjamin Button, and I'll tell you why. Boyle created a movie that is a real life situation and blended it flawlessly with the popular game show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He made us look at the dangers and the extreme poverty of India, and the poor conditions these people live in. Aside from that, It also shows the hate against the Muslims and the oppression against them for worshiping Allah, in relation to that, the poor infrastructure of India and its currupt officials who let the offenders burn and kill the Muslims alive. What is most genius but sad at the same time is how he actually managed to get the answers on the show, how the host knew on the 10,000,000 question he was going to choose the other given answer than the one he gave him by cheating, that scene was a nail biter! Overall, this movie is about two brothers who fight for their life every day in India and go from place to place, wandering everywhere. Jamal found love and as they grew, a man picked them up and worked as beggars on the streets. They escaped and eventually landed on the Taj Mahal, they settled there for some time, and grew a small fortune. They got kicked out, and then Jamal worked for the millionaire show, he got on it, and was falsely accused of cheating by the host. He won the fortune and found his girlfriend. The end. the people who didn't like this movie are those who didn't get the message and probably don't know a good movie, but this movie will endure generation after generation. 10/10