It was fantastically directed and remarkably acted.

Rating: Null/10 (12 September 2011)

The wonderful movie Slumdog Millionaire (2008) by Danny Boyle narrates a story of a 18 year old Indian boy, Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) from the slums of Mumbai who is about to win the biggest price of a television show. The story begins after Jamal being able to answer most of all the questions even though he is being an uneducated street kid. The police arrest him under the suspicion of cheating. When the policeman questioned him how he knew the answers, without having no other option Jamal unveiled the story of his life in the slum and explained how each incident of his life had the answers embedded. The main theme of the movie is about a young boy who is very simple and honest, believe in all the good things but unfortunately the world does not provide a good place for him. Despite the fact how bad the world treats him, the young fellow; Jamal did not lose his faith in his hope and what he wants. He does not care about anything other than his love. Even he went to the show only because he knew that she watch the show, in that way he can find a way to meet her. This movie was kind of a love story, which can be compared to the movie City of Angels (1998) by Brad Silberling. Jamal was just as the angel who gave up everything and did everything to be with the person he loves as in the movie City of Angle. The director Danny Boyle has used so many effective techniques in order to bring this movie to success. When editing he has used slow-motion frames in an effective way. In the scene where the female lead, Lalitha (Freida Pinto) standing on the platform besides the train, smiling and in the scene where Jamal's mother was killed was strongly highlighted by the slow-motion frames and sound effects used at the moment. It makes the audience feel the corrupted and uncivilized behavior of the surrounding. The director has used flashbacks effectively throughout the whole movie starts from the beginning to the end. In the last scene where Jamal meets Lathika and kisses her scar he has used flashback scenes from revise order which symbolizes kissing away the pain of a life time and undoing all the brutalities happened to her. That last scene created a huge emotional effect on the audience which made it one of the best scenes in the movie. In conclusion, the movie Slumdog Millionaire was one of the best movies in my list. It was fantastically directed and remarkably acted.