Wow. Just a magnificent film with all sorts of elements to keep me entertained. There's a wonderful story, there are camera movements at break-neck speed, there's a musical score that keeps the toes a-tappin', there's an epic class struggle, and finally there's redemption. But you know what comes first here...the trailer:Jamal is detained by local police after his outstanding first night performance on India's version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Surely this poor kid from the Mumbai ghetto, this "slumdog", must have cheated to advance so far on the show. We're surely not going to pay up to some ignorant kid. He MUST be cheating. Let's beat a confession out of him....
The questions of the show are not answered via any true "book knowledge" or education. Jamal's answers all come from the brutal survival of the streets. Whatever awful circumstance befalls him turns into the opportunity to continue on with the game show. May sound hokey, but the film WORKS.
Uplifting. Energizing. Entertaining. A marvel.
It's hard to find an easier Full Price.
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