Enjoyable But Really Overrated

Rating: 6/10 (29 December 2008)

Saw "Slumdog" last night and wasn't terribly impressed. I enjoyed it for the most part but near the end I thought it got a bit tedious. Here are some other problems - Latika and Jamal (the older ones) seemed to have no personality. All this raving for Dev Patel's performance...well I just didn't see it. He was dull and so was the girl who played Latika.
This movie is also VERY clichéd. Cartoon mob bosses and the troubled brother that has to redeem himself in the end. Yadda yadda, like you couldn't see all that coming? The earlier stuff was much better and I enjoyed the first two "Jamals" a lot more.
Good ending credits, though!