best movie i've seen in a while

Rating: 9/10 (7 April 2009)

"Slumdog millionaire" tells the story of a young man who tries to be successful at "who's going to be a millionaire", not for the money, but for his only love. Sounds tacky. Well, it is, but in a good way. It is nice to see that someone who didn't have a very easy life so far will win in the end. That's not the newest idea ever brought to screen, but this film has an interesting narrative perspective using flashbacks, and you will find yourself sucked into Jamal's story faster then you can blink. I really liked this film. The plot may sound lame at first, but it holds a lot of surprises. The only thing that kept me from giving this movie 10 stars was the end, or more precisely that Jamal managed to guess the last answer correctly. He had gotten Latika back, so it wasn't really necessary that he got the money as well. So much luck is just a little to fantastic. But it isn't so unrealistic that it spoils the whole movie, and I was happy for Jamal, nevertheless. It might just have given the film a last twist if he hadn't won, and it still would've been a happy ending. Except for this,the movie was perfect: great atmosphere, music and story. A must see!!!