You'll be thankful you live in America when you see this film

Rating: 10/10 (28 November 2008)

This is a Thanksgiving movie. You will thank your mother for having born you in the U.S.A. Imagine begging for a living. Then imagine people who own people who then go out and beg for the owners. Then imagine the owners who physically deface some of their cadre of beggars so that they can earn more money through the greater pity attracted by the defaced beggar. This is only 2% of this movie, so take heart; there's a lot more. It isn't a downer, it's an inspiration. This movie will pull you through the life and times of a child beggar in India. You will follow his triumphs, his love story, his devotion to his friends. You will see a beggar 10 year's old give money to a "lessor" blinded beggar child out of pity and mutual respect for the suffering blind child. Child beggars giving to child beggars. Oh, how Thankful You Will Feel when you walk through the exit door of the theater past the warming popcorn and into your street crammed with new, polished Mercedes, Fords and Chevy's on a clear evening with the streetlights glistening. You will ask yourself how it is that you could complain so much lately about your own life after seeing this movie. This movie touches real human values. It is one of the best movies of 2008. I recommend you recommend this movie to anyone who is depressed about their life. An alternative movie to see, and just as inspiring is, "The Pursuit of Happiness" with Will Smith. Also, "Seabiscuit". This movie will drop you down into your soul. It has a happy ending!