A Buoyant Hymn to Life

Rating: 8/10 (4 December 2015)

'Slumdog Millionaire' is a soaring, crowd-pleasing fantasy that's a tale of unswerving love. This film explodes with narrative force and is undoubtedly one of the best films of 2008. Oscar-winning worthy or not, this film mixed the English directing of Danny Boyle with the Indian setting and feel very well. The acting furthermore is very good with the slumdog kids (actually young kids from the slums of India) stealing the show with their intense sequences in the first half of the film. The gradual growing up of the three children depicted in this film show the cruelties of life in the slums and the different paths the unknowing kids get bought into. A very hopeful film albeit with dazzling romance and a scent of fantasy. What can a slumdog possibly know? Nothing or everything, it's destiny. 7.5-8.0/10