A crackling good story about the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

Rating: 9/10 (29 November 2008)

Clever, quirky, romantic, colorful, good story, good action, and violent at times - "Slumdog Millionaire" has it all, and I am sorely tempted to give it a 10/10. It also sports a lively sense of the absurd - although this is latent and based on the unfolding of events! The movie is set in India, with protagonist Jamil as an unlikely candidate in the Indian version of "So You Want To Be A Millionaire". The gameshow is used to signpost the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" on Jamil's life and on his relationship with his love, Latika.
As far as I can see, the movie puts no foot wrong, and it doesn't hurt that the various incarnations of the seductive Latika are absolutely sizzling, all sporting to the nines that exotic beauty that the Indians do so very well!
This movie crackles, and I recommend it for anyone with a pulse!