Probably the best film of the year 2008

Rating: 9/10 (3 March 2009)

The film of the year. Good story you would cry watching. And just like the director, Danny Boyle has said in "Making of", it's sad it's not a true story. That would be so nice, to know that it's really enough to be good to be lucky. But The story is wonderful  you know everything about Jamel's life just in two hours. And it's so unbelievably hurting to watch all the slums and to know it IS a life like this in India. This really could be a true story. I bet that the biggest part, of course, not the winning 20 billion rupees, but the life of homeless kids is true. I guess that this film could be shown by UN or some organization like it to show the rich people who they can help. Well, that's what I would do if I had money.
I heard that India's government didn't like this film. And there's no surprise  what a poor and corrupted country India is shown in it. Well, maybe they should do something about it? So, the story is great, cinematography is good, talks the film recalled  loud. Actors. Not professional, but more true you could ever find. This was what those kids are living. Some chance for them. Good.
The ending... Some of my friends and my lecturer said that it would be more great if a train would have hit Jamel or Latika. But I think that that Bollywood style ending was great. Well, it's still India, still the happy ending A thing people in India are going to watch  it's very hard for a film without a little part of Bollywood in it.
Conclusion. I haven't seen other nominated films, but I don't think any of them could have won when a film like this  with a story, directing, filming and acting like this  was competing. Not the best film ever, but probably the best the Academy had seen.