Boyle's skilled direction along with Anthony Dod Mantle's cinematography thrusts the viewer into a world that is completely foreign to an American audience but earns its affection nonetheless.
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12/18/08
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
81 - 100 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
What a story like this requires is a gentle subtlety, but Boyle is certainly not gentle and far from subtle.
12/18/08
Hardscrabble British director Danny Boyle does an astounding job at building and maintaining suspense.
12/18/08
It's a joyous, moving, living work that propels Boyle to the forefront of filmmakers working today.
12/17/08
we may feel somewhat bamboozled by the beguilingly colourful ride this film takes us on... but there is also a more real, altogether less salubrious Indian history on offer here for those who have eyes to see.
12/16/08
Most fairy tales are rooted first in nightmares, and if this story is any indication, there are plenty of those haunting the people of Mumbai.
12/16/08
It's a shame that Boyle and Beaufoy toss aside all innovation in order to bind the final half-hour into a straightjacket of rigid formula plotting ... Still, three-quarters of a stellar movie is nothing to sneer at.
12/13/08
Like Mumbai, Slumdog pulses and throbs with raw, unadulterated life and the hope for a better Bombay, today. It's brilliant.
12/12/08
However improbable those circumstances get, Boyle and writer Simon Beaufoy (who adapted a novel by Vikas Swarup) keep us rooting for Jamal Malik to slay his dragons.
12/12/08
Slumdog Millionaire is not the cure for all the world’s ills, but it comes close. It solves, for instance, such endemic global problems as: a) sadness, b) lovelessness, c) cynicism, and d) the waning cultural relevance of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
12/12/08
It’s a diverting yarn, one pulsing with unexpected sights and sounds. Sometimes you’d swear you can smell this movie.
12/12/08
From an early footchase in which the careening camera gives us a tour of the maze-like slums, to the ridiculously uplifting Bollywood dance number that plays over the end credits, Slumdog Millionaire makes for kinetic, exhilarating entertainment.
12/12/08
At times, it feels somewhat schematic and overloaded. But the spirit of the thing -- both the narrative and the filmmaking -- is undeniable.
12/12/08
Slumdog Millionaire bursts with life, delighting, shocking and constantly engaging through lively visuals and the rags-to-maybe-riches adventures of a young man who travels from the slums to the hot seat of the Indian Who Wants To Be a Millionaire.
12/12/08
A kaleidoscope of multiplicity -- romance, memoir, coming-of-age, sibling rivalry, gangsterism -- accompanied by trains, always trains, carrying us in, around and through this masterpiece.
12/12/08
Patel is likable as Jamal, and Kapoor and Khan are terrific as always.
12/11/08
Its social realism is a far cry from the escapist fare created by the Bollywood fantasy factory, but the percussive score by Bollywood veteran A.R. Rahman and a rousing dance number finale add cultural specificity and vibrancy.
12/11/08
[A] taut, tense and witty tale of human tragedy and triumphant humanity set against the sweep of modern India.
12/11/08
An unapologetic modern fairy tale ... The construct is so appealing, it's almost instantly classic.
12/11/08
With a good feel for environment as character, Boyle brings his customary vitality -- throbbing music, jaunty editing, showy cinematography -- and an aptly, rousingly silly Bollywood-style dance number for the closing credits.
12/11/08
Latest News for Slumdog Millionaire
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...
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RT on DVD: Exclusive Slumdog Millionaire Clip, Seven Pounds, and The Matrix 10th Anniversary Blu-ray
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