Not deserving of the 34th greatest movie of all time, but still good

Rating: 7/10 (31 January 2009)

Amidst a lot of positive feedback and reviews, i decided to watch this film. Prior to watching the film i had seen the trailer and was not overly impressed. Not that much changed after i watched the movie. First things first, the acting by the children was spectacular. I heard that these kids were taken from slums and after the movie the directors gave them money for education which is highly commendable. The acting by patel and pinto is average as best but the story is good enough to overshadow this. The movie is exactly what they say it is. Nothing too much out of the ordinary. If an Indian or person from that area will watch this like myself, it will just seem that this a story of an individual person in Bombay. The reason that the movie has had such success is because many North Americans are not aware of the issues in India. The movie basically serves as an eye opener for them which is why the movie has had so much success. It's a good movie, undoubtedly not deserving in the 50 greatest movies of all time, but a good movie nevertheless. Watch it, but perhaps watch it with a little lower expectations that you may have been exposed to.