
The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's Kaun Banega Crorepati? (2000) (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?) But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the ... (Full plot summary below)
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The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's Kaun Banega Crorepati? (2000) (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?) But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love.
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| New StatesmanRyan GilbeyThere are so many frantic pursuits through heaving streets that it is easy to lose track of who is chasing whom, or why. Energy and urgency are substituted for realism. |
| Birmingham Mail Roz LawsIt's highly implausible at times but still entertaining, touching and romantic. |
| NUVO NewsweeklyEdward Johnson-OttDanny Boyle and company have crafted a film that feels like a project of citizens of the world, not outsiders looking in. |
| The VineSimone MitchellYou know those films that suck you in? The ones where you cower when the hero is in danger and cheer when they come up trumps? Slumdog Millionaire is one of those movies. |
| TheShiznit.co.ukAli GraySlumdog Millionaire is a film that's rich with character, emotion and pathos - with a supremely uplifting finale that'll leave your head in the clouds, it's the kind of movie that will significantly brighten your day. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceWhat a difference a good screenplay makes. |
| Georgia StraightKen EisnerDialing back the hyperkinetic action to 9.5 wouldn't have hurt this spectacular tale, which combines many film genres and visual styles for a two-hour abusement-park ride that begins with torture and ends with love's inevitable triumph. |
| Florida Times-UnionMatt SoergelFeatures a striking hero named Jamal Malik, who is as intrepid, indomitable and pure of heart as an idealized medieval knight. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceShows how a critic-pleasing film can be every bit as overbearing as a crowd-pleasing one |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsBetty Jo Tucker'Slumdog Millionaire' is a unique and memorable film -- one that's practically impossible to resist. |