Children deserve some respect!

Rating: 10/10 (20 February 2009)

"Slumdog Millionaire" tells a story of Jamal (Dev Patel), a young man who is participating in India's version of the hit TV-show "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire". Jamal manages somehow answer right in every question that wakes up local authorities. The amazing story and the answers are build around the questions.
Danny Boyle has done some great movies earlier but "Slumdog Millionaire" is clearly his challenging picture ever. He does with fresh story-telling and simply with great style. The cast is young but they are so natural and talented. The story is raw and merciless. You cannot help yourself of thinking how happy my childhood has been comparing. It is wonderful that Boyle has decided to tell the story through children. They are the heroes in this movie. They deserve some respect! There is no question that why the movie has been so popular because it is different but people can easily relate to it because of the underdog situation. Boyle reflects the poverty and exploitation of children in Indian society to the influences of USA for instant. In addition there is the turmoil how can so young and uneducated man know so much? Why wouldn't he because he has probably been trough more than educated adults around the world. And maybe it was meant to be...
Even if the story seems so hopeless there is a ray of light in the relationship between Jamal and Latika (Freida Pinto). When the movie ends you still expect the worst. Thought provoking and touching movie!