D - Over-rated. Final answer.

Let me get this straight...I'm supposed to empathize with a kid who answers all these questions based on sheer luck? Fat chance. I want the heroes of my stories to work hard, persevere, struggle at every turn, and fight for victory...not succeed easily just by chance. Fuck that, and fuck this movie.

The joy of Slumdog Millionaire is the simple conceit at the film's heart. It's just a beautifully crafted, well constructed tale. It's also a visual treat, thanks to India's stunning locations and Danny Boyle's pacy and assured cinematic eye, as well as an aural treat, with a great soundtrack. Stirring stuff, well acted and well told.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

This really is a clever and original film, holds up so well. Still will never understand the 'feel good movie of the year' tag though.

Danny Boyle sir, I salute you (again)

An overhyped, cheating, exploitative and insincere crap, sugar-coated for mass consumption. The utmost care has been put in achieving that third world-ish feel without actually scaring the average popcorn muncher. I hated every minute of it.

When I cross paths with someone passionate about this film, I corteously nod and mark them with a personal red flag.

The quintesential "if it didn't win the oscar" movie. Basically it would be a cult classic. But the academy backlash hurt this movie a ton. It's great though and cements Danny Boyle in my mind as one of our best.

This is a sentimental, very predictable, sometimes insultingly condescending film with cardboard characters (the European tourists taken on a "guided tour" of the Taj Mahal...) catered towards the standard arthouse audience. It's not bad, but it is full of clichés and is nowhere near the masterpiece that so many reviewers and moviegoers want us to believe it is. I remember reading Salman Rushdie's scathing critique of this film, and while I felt that he sounded too much like an intellectual blowing the horn from the ivory tower, he has a point when he states that the film's premise is ridiculous and it's plot simplistic.

This movie was a fine movie. I think it would have liked it more without all the hubbub about it because I didn't think it was THAT good. Oscar-worthy? Ok, I guess if Renee Zellweger can win an Oscar anything can, and in the end this was a pretty "feel-good movie of the year" movie.

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Bleugh SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, can't believe FROST/NIXON and MILK lost to this!

i don;t get it, poor people arent allowed to succeed! lol #imbetterthaneverybodyelse

I had a college professor who said THE DARK KNIGHT was more believable than SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, as a slight. He was right. But there is good in Boyle's film. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is incredibly well-made. Cinematography, acting, music, and the urban setting are all amazingly executed by Boyle and his team. The structure is also great, which pushes the story forward without ever lulling. But I feel kind of "yeah right" throughout most of SLUMDOG, thanks to its story. Regardless, SLUMDOG succeeds where lesser films crumble under the weight of its own whimsy. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is easily better than the last 3 Best Picture winners.

SLUMDOG reminds me of a poor man's CITY OF GOD [1]--urban youths deal with the crime world with great, stylistic direction. How's that for a tag line?

[1] Obviously I think very highly of CITY OF GOD.

I saw this back in 2008 when it came out and loved it. In one of my classes for extra credit we could watch this and write a 1 page paper on this. Talk about a great extra credit opportunity!

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