Had potential to be one of greatest ever

Rating: 8/10 (24 October 2015)

Let me start off by saying this was an excellent movie. The acting and storytelling is superb. The film does not fail to keep you entertained for 2 hours. Where this film went wrong was the final 1/3 of the movie. The movie 2/3 of the way through had me thinking that it might be the best movie I've ever seen, and I've seen a ton of movies. In the final 1/3 of the movie they make the love story between Jamal and Latika the main focus of the ending. Instead of telling more epic and captivating stories about how jamal and Salim are beating all odds, they literally make everything about latika in the end. Everything. The only reason he goes on the show is for latika. We mostly see salim at the end because hes helping latika escape. I feel like the movie had potential to be in the top 250 if they steered away from latika at the end. Still, the movie is worth the watch and i recommend it.