The Three Musketeers

Rating: 10/10 (23 January 2009)

In Mumbai, the eighteen year-old orphan from the slums Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) is tortured by the policemen in a precinct accused of cheating a game show. Jamal, who has no education and works in a call center serving tea, is close to win twenty million rupees in the show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" hosted by Prem Kumar (Anil Kapoor), giving precise answers to the questions and raising suspicion of fraud. The police inspector shows the videotape and after each question, Jamal tells parts of his childhood with his brother Salim, his crush for Latika and their fight to survive on the streets to justify each correct answer, guided by his common sense and past experience, and prove his innocence.
The awesome" Slumdog Millionaire" is one of the best movies I have recently seen. The story is an original and simple tale of love, serendipity and fortune, in the environment of poverty and criminality in the slums and streets of India; but the screenplay is fantastic, using flashbacks to disclose the life of the lead character, his brother and his passionate and pure love for another orphan in a perfect development of the characters and the plot. The acting is top-notch, and the boys and girls that perform the lead roles (young Jamal, Salim and Latika) have also amazing performances. In the credits, there is a great surprise with the cast singing and dancing like in most Bollywood productions. My vote is ten.
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Note: On 22 February 2009, this movie was awarded with eight Oscar, including Best Picture and Best Director.