The most uplifting film of the year.

Rating: Null/10 (22 December 2008)

This is the story of the journey of a boy becoming a man and what he will do to prove his love to the woman of his dreams. He gets on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, a show that she is fond of, and tries to win the top prize in rupees. His journey is not without a lot of pain and a lot of challenges. This was a surprisingly uplifting and beautiful film, which is a surprise considering how dark and intense it is in the earlier scenes in the film. While the film does have a lot of style in terms of music and color, the camera never stops moving. It is always very shaky and always cutting away. This helps to establish how intense the situations in the film are. The characters are all clearly defined and given a lot of personality and quality. Even the most minor of the characters are given plenty to work with. The film just bursts with life and with beauty and innocence and emotion. There are scenes of incredible clarity and power. This is, by far, Danny Boyle's most ambitious film yet! It's certainly not his best(in my opinion that would by Trainspotting) but it's one of his better films. It's easily the most accessible and the most enjoyable for most audiences. It's probably his most mainstream film. I have a feeling that this film was what he wanted A Life Less Ordinary to be like but at the time didn't have the money or ability to pull it off. Slumdog Millionaire is a success and it is a good movie. There are flaws, don't get me wrong. Some of the music doesn't work, the middle section of the film is surprisingly weak and confusing, there are too many unnecessary chase scenes and fight scenes, one of the characters does some really extreme things that seem out of the ordinary, and the film's editing can be to abrasive at times. Still, this film is fun, it's entertaining, and it's uplifting. This is the "feel good" movie of the year. See it, not because you want to but because you deserve to.