Director Danny Boyle takes a love story, wraps it up in television game show, and delivers it via a kaleidoscopic travelogue of Mumbai. And it works. Splendidly!
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01/08/09
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
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Reviews Counted:210
Fresh:196
Rotten:14
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: Visually dazzling and emotionally resonant, Slumdog Millionaire is a film that's both entertaining and powerful.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Dec 18, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $141,243,551
Synopsis: British director Danny Boyle takes another intriguing career turn with this heartfelt underdog tale. Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) is a street kid (or "slumdog") who has landed an appearance on India's... [More]
Reviews for Slumdog Millionaire
61 - 80 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
It's as exhilarating as a stiff cup of chai.
01/03/09
I can't honestly say that I am pulling for Slumdog Millionaire to walk away with the golden statue, but if it does in fact happen, I wouldn't think about complaining for one second.
01/02/09
This is an interesting, inventively told, look at life in India, but Oscar-quality? With apologies to John McEnroe, you cannot be serious.
12/31/08
A dizzying, delightful spectacle situated on the Subcontinent which is well worth the investment for the kaleidoscope of colors splashed across the screen alone.
12/29/08
A rousing celebration of life, love and hope.
12/28/08
As the end credits rolled, all I could think was, I've got to see this again, soon!
12/26/08
It's about time we come up with a name for how...Third World cultures are exploited by Western filmmakers. Thirdploitation, anyone?
12/25/08
No Matter What Genre Boyle Delves Into, this is a Beautiful and Suspenseful Fairy Tale.
12/25/08
It's the kind of movie that tugs so politely but insistently at your heart strings that in the end it seems the most natural thing in the world to succumb to its joyous charms.
12/24/08
... Director Danny Boyle paints a vivid, painful picture of child exploitation, racism, jealousy, violence and survival.
12/24/08
I don't think Boyle could film paint drying and make it dull.
12/23/08
At turns wonderfully entertaining, powerfully heartfelt and downright chilling as it delivers its message: Pay attention, life will tell you all you need to know.
12/22/08
Potentially treacly material, yet in the hands of director Danny Boyle, Slumdog soars on the strength of its beguiling characters and exotic setting.
12/22/08
Engineered to go down easy, Slumdog Millionaire is occasionally chilling and frequently delightful in its artifice.
12/20/08
Because much of [the movie's] drama takes place on the set of a globally franchised game show..., the plucky Jamal becomes an underdog hero the whole world can love and root for.
12/19/08
(T)his is perhaps the best film of Boyle's already illustrious career -- and this is the man who gave us Trainspotting, Millions, and 28 Days Later, mind you.
12/19/08
All of the dots fit together very nicely and this journey is one I would take again in a second. Though I was hoping for tears of joy at the end and I didn't get it. But I was close.
12/19/08
Even if you're not as moved as you think you ought to be by the fairytale 'rags to rajah' storyline, you're likely to be awed by the film's visual and sonic density...
12/19/08
Together Boyle and his co-director Loveleen Tandeen have created a portrait of a city in transition -- a place of relentless energy, of ambition and inspiration; of poverty and exploitation, of obscene riches and modest desires.
12/19/08
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June 09, 2009:
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy Move to Maximum City 
Danny Boyle will be staying in Bombay -- and reuniting with "Slumdog Millionaire" writer Simon Beaufoy -- for his next project, an adaptation of the non-fiction book "Maximum... More...
May 05, 2009:
2009 MTV Movie Awards Nominations Announced
The nominations for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards have been announced, with "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Twilight" each earning nominations in six categories. More...
March 31, 2009:
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Slumdog Millionaire's American audiences were enticed to watch by the name of director Danny Boyle or the movie's kinetic exploration of an exotic, far-away underbelly. In... More...
March 30, 2009:
RT on DVD: Exclusive Slumdog Millionaire Clip, Seven Pounds, and The Matrix 10th Anniversary Blu-ray
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