Grossly overrated, dreadful film

Rating: 1/10 (17 April 2017)

This must be the most overrated film of the 21st century. I don't know why it's held in such high regard by critics - or why it was very successful. It should have won Razzies. If I could give it no stars, I would.
This film haphazardly cuts back and forth in time so you don't know where you are chronologically.
It's not credible that a TV channel would torture a winner of its show. They love it when someone wins the jackpot, because it provides them with a great deal of good publicity.
The romance between the protagonist and Frieda Pinto's character is preposterous and isn't adequately explained. Poor, skinny, geeky, teenage boys don't get to have sex with hot girls.
This is promoted as a feel-good film, which is a huge lie. It's very much a feel-bad film. It includes severe poverty, false imprisonment, torture and a child being submerged in human excrement.