Great picture of India and that's all...

Rating: 7/10 (21 February 2009)

Slumdog Millionaire has its merits. It shows the reality in India: the misery, the super population problem, the absence of public hygiene politics, the unprepared police, the children's exploitation. The movie has an original editing and a good photography. The young actors did quite a good job too.
As for the storyline, I think it doesn't surprise anyone. The love story, the bad brother vs the good brother, the redemption of the bad, and the "it's written" conclusion are all very cliché.
Anyway, I'm happy for a non-American movie achieving this kind of success. I think it's time to recognize that there are good movies outside Hollywood.