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Reviews Counted:211
Fresh:197
Rotten:14
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: Visually dazzling and emotionally resonant, Slumdog Millionaire is a film that's both entertaining and powerful.
Theatrical Release:09-01-2009
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]
Slumdog Millionaire’, a film so upbeat and colourful that, by the time you’re relaying its infectious air of optimism to friends, you could forget that it features orphans, slaughter, organised crime, poverty, enslavement and police brutality.
Top CriticA spirited underdog fable marinated in modern India's melting pot. Danny Boyle's still the master of spices.
Top CriticMumbai’s brand new skyscrapers sprout out of patches of mud; Jamal’s old-fashioned principles will forever be out of synch with the slick, nightclub world that his older brother Salim inhabits. And so it goes. The romance? Fear not. It’s fabulous icing.
Top CriticDespite being overpraised - it arrives garlanded with the kind of reviews that must have come out after the opening night of King Lear - this is still very effective entertainment.
Top CriticSlumdog Millionaire is as acerbic as it is clear-eyed about the brutal power dynamics in modern-day Mumbai. But, at the same time, what makes it so warming and what has been inspiring audiences all across the world to cheer at its rousing ending.
Top CriticHard hearts may balk at the unashamed sentiment, black and white morality, and question-flashback contrivances, but let them eat pie and mash: this is a tangy banquet of smile-on-the-face feel good.
Vivid, moving and breathlessly exciting, this enthralling mingling of fable, travelogue and social commentary sees Danny Boyle at the top of his game. Phone a friend and tell them not to miss it.
Top CriticDanny Boyle’s finest since Trainspotting. In fact, it’s the best British/Indian gameshow-based romance of the millennium.
Top CriticIs it a great movie? For me, it falls well short. But I don't see how anyone could deny that Slumdog Millionaire is terrific, exhilarating, inspirational entertainment.
I have the uneasy feeling I may be the only critic on planet Earth who isn’t going to be sprinkling stars over Slumdog like confetti, but I bet you £1m we’ll see better this year.
Slumdog offers a million other reasons to enjoy an escapist trip to the cinema, well away from the credit crunch.
Top CriticDon’t worry about suspending disbelief: for an hour or so Boyle will do it for you. The film’s visual panache is strong enough to ambush doubters, whose scepticism will stumble into hidden nets and be hoisted high into the firmament.
I'm not sure it's a great movie, but it's certainly a great audience movie.
It’s a fantasy with realist stud marks, full of energy, colour and, frankly, cliché.
Hugely enjoyable and bursting with energy, this is a superbly directed, brilliantly written and beautifully acted drama that packs a powerful emotional punch.
A blast of raw, colourful energy elevates this gritty tale into one of the most enjoyable films of the year
Despite the poverty, the reek of saffron and excrement evoked by vivid shanty town scenes, Doyle has captured the life force of his characters.
Features a striking hero named Jamal Malik, who is as intrepid, indomitable and pure of heart as an idealized medieval knight.
Slumdog Millionaire immerses the audience in an alien landscape and shows it through the eyes of a young man fighting against history and his own culture's expectations.
Shows how a critic-pleasing film can be every bit as overbearing as a crowd-pleasing one
June 09, 2009:
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May 05, 2009:
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