Slumdog Millionaire

vicariousparent
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:03:05 +0000

Just saw it last night. Very entertaining movie, though I too was taken aback by some of the (thankfully brief) scenes of brutality.

Great way to depict life in the slums without ‘dwelling’ too much, so to speak.

Reminded me a lot of “Salaam Bombay”.

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.

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!