Important, powerful, violent, heartbreaking

Rating: 10/10 (30 August 2009)

This was one of the best films I have ever seen, and certainly the best one marketed to Anglos about India. ("City of God" with Patrick Swayze is a close second, though.) I made my teen sons watch because they are studying Asia in school, but I'll bet they don't teach content like this! With India emerging as a global economic player, it is evident there is much room for improvement in areas of human rights, and this film says it all (and then some). Totally heartbreaking, very violent, quite moving -- we were glued to the screen. I can only hope that Danny Boyle and the writers were exaggerating some of the more horrific injustices.