Slumdog Millionaire

Rating: 2/10 (26 April 2009)

The story of an orphan, his brother and the girl they knew growing up in the slums of Mumbai in India won the Academy Award for Best Picture and numerous other Academy Awards. It earns it's "R" rating and is for adults and older teenagers only. The rags to riches story of Jamal is one that has been told over and over and could have been told without showing the violence and still would have had it's impact. The story would have been be just as good with a "PG-13" rating. You will sit through two hours of sickening violence before reaching the happy ending in this movie. I did appreciate the cinematography and some of the fine acting but that didn't make up for the fact that I wanted to vomit at times because of the violence and and couldn't fall asleep for hours after seeing the movie. I recommend skipping it. I was sorry I watched it.