<p>Terrific movie, directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting). A clever and unpredictable screenplay, powerful cinematography, and an unknown but very effective and expressive cast (especially the protagonist Jamal). In the end, a love story.</p>
<p>One of the best movies I have seen in a long time. Great feel for life in India. One of the few movies where everyone in the audience applauded at the end. Make sure to stick around for the credits. Great Ballywood spoof during the credits.</p>
<p>Missed the credits (except for the music video…) thanks for the heads up when the DVD comes out…My H and I really liked it but came out of the movie a little disturbed…still not sure why? (and it was both of us who felt that way…)</p>
<p>College freshman daughter says if you can only see one movie this year, see this one.</p>
<p>Good - not great. What I found disturbing was that I wasn’t sure whether it was trying to give a realistic view or a just a story that had too many coincidences. The vehicle (the questions on the show) became tiresome and incredulous after a while. For a better view of life in the slums, and a really exceptional movie, see “City of God”.</p>
<p>loved “City of God”…what I think was disturbing were the images of “life in the slums” creating a sense of desperation, yet we are supposed to be uplifted at the end? The shift in emotions was difficult at best…but a really good movie for it’s screenplay and cast as the OP states…</p>
<p>I saw this and loved it but saw “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” and loved it even more. Also disturbing, moving, powerful but tragic ending. Both movies give us a strong glimpse of worlds we may not have understood…at least some of us…</p>
<p>Not playing around here anymore; just put it in the Netflix queue…thanks</p>
<p>Loved it. I hadn’t seen a movie in the theater since Good Night and Good Luck (picky and cheap!) and am so glad I took the kids to see this one and Frost/Nixon. Ran out of winter break before I got to MILK, but that’s on the list. Good year for thoughtful movies.</p>
<p>Slum Dog Millionaire is a great movie, but very stressful to watch, especially the beginning when the brothers are in the slums and traveling. The stress abates a bit at the end, but it has some disturbing scenes.</p>
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This was not a documentary. It used the impoverishment of Indian slumdwellars as a context for a timeless love-story (between a boy and girl and between the 2 brothers), in the same way that Trainspotting used the heroin addiction of Edinburgh punks as the context for an improbable beat-the-odds success story. The game was clearly a device, absurd of course, but effective in a “Usual Suspects” kind of way - bits and pieces that explain the whole.</p>
<p>D and I saw it and thought it was amazing. I have recommended it to everyone I know.</p>
<p>I absolutely loved it… minus one ‘icky’ scene toward the beginning. Had to stop eating my popcorn for a few minutes.</p>
<p>great movie, I loved it.</p>
<p>Enjoyed it. Found it interesting to follow a Muslim in India.</p>
<p>Not to give the story away, but did anyone think of the “Tiger or the Lady” short story when Jamal was in the bathroom with the the M.C.?</p>
<p>Just saw it last night. Very entertaining movie, though I too was taken aback by some of the (thankfully brief) scenes of brutality. </p>
<p>Great way to depict life in the slums without ‘dwelling’ too much, so to speak.</p>
<p>Reminded me a lot of “Salaam Bombay”.</p>
<p>BTW, I didn’t think it was particularly important that the character was Muslim, other than the fact that during the rioting it was the Hindus who were doing the attacking.</p>
<p>Also, I was amazed to see it playing in two out of 8 theaters in our local ‘artsy oriented’ multiplex, and our theater was packed!</p>
<p>According to the Hollywood Foreign Press, we all have excellent taste!</p>
<p>Who’ll go see The Wrestler? Looks gritty, but I’m intrigued.</p>
<p>It won best drama film at the Golden Globes tonight!</p>
<p>Very much enjoyed the movie, but I thought it was very predictable, to be honest. When the brother gave the female friend his phone… very obvious what would happen.</p>
<p>(I also enjoyed the total change of tempo “baliwood” dancing during the credits)</p>