Review of Slumdog Millionaire (2008) by Brendan C — 01 Feb 2013

The whole idea of this film was so amazing. The way he knew all of the answers to the question, because of something in his life, was just such an incredible idea. The story is about a boy who goes on the show "Who wants to be a millionaire?" hoping that the girl he loves, and wants to be with is watching. He answers every question correctly, which makes the host suspect that he is cheating. He knows all of the answers because of certain events that happened in his life. he has to tell the stories of the events in his life that led to him knowing the answer.

Not only is this an amazing drama, but at the same time it is a beautiful love story. The whole story is about Jamal doing all of these things to find the girl he loves Latika. He goes through a lot to find her, and then they get separated again. Then he does even more to find her about 10 years later. He goes all throughout India to find her. That is what makes this a beautiful love story.

It is a great rags to riches story, because he was at first a boy that grew up in the slums, and then becomes a millionaire on a game show. But his whole life story is told in flashbacks. This movie started with a question, asking how did he win the game show, and you are given 4 multiple choice answers like on the show. After he wins he answers the question that was given to us. I won't tell you the answer, but you will know what I am talking about.

I usually don't talk about the camera work, and lighting in my reviews, but I will this time. The coloring of the film, is like the coloring of films like "Crash." The coloring was darker at several parts, but then brighter at others, which gives the film interesting visuals. They did some very interesting video editing for the scenes with Frieda Pinto that made her look even more beautiful then she is. She became my celebrity crush after I saw this. One with that you notice in really serious scenes, is that they whisper a lot. Not is not what you would see in real life, but it makes the scenes more emotional.

There were some really funny things that Jamal, and his brother Salim did to make money, like give fake tours at the Taj Mahal. They had a good amount of funny things in this movie which was great, so that way it isn't always sad, or depressing. There were some really sad things that were tough to watch. But there was a lot of heart warmth in this at the same time.

There was a lot of great acting in this film. The most well acted scene is the flashback to the part of Jamal's life that he learned the name of the colt revolver, and knew the answer to that question. When Salim is pointing the gun at Jamal telling him to leave, that was intense. All of the actors are really good in this film.

Overall this is just an unbelievable movie.