Feelgood movie But still packs a few tough punches

Rating: 8/10 (17 January 2009)

I thoroughly enjoyed this film. It's premise, that the various events in the tough life of a kid from the slums of Mumbai enable him to know all the answers on "Who wants to be a Millionaire?" is brilliant and Danny Boyle translates this idea to the screen very well.
Although overrall this is unashamedly a feelgood movie and the ending is fairly predictable this doesn't mean that it doesn't pack a few tough punches as it depicts life of the poor in India. Boyle has said that once he arrived in India he went the flow and surrendered to the hectic pace of life in Mumbai. This is shown in a number of excellent scenes in the shanty towns of the city.
The performances are all excellent particularly from the child actors in the first half of the film and from Amil Kapoor as the quiz show host. I'd definitely recommend this film to anyone.