Danny Boyle has really pulled out all the stops with this one and Slumdog Millionaire is definitely everything it has been made out to be and more.
Dev Patel stars as Jamal Malik, a teenage boy from the slums in Mumbai who finds his way onto the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and steams his way through the questions, getting all the answers right and racking up the prize money.
His ability to answer each question causes some suspicion and Jamal is accused of cheating and is arrested and questioned about how he is doing it because people just can’t accept that a slumdog could know all the answers.
Jamal’s interrogation takes us on a journey through the sadness, difficulties and challenges that he has faced in life and we discover how his life experiences have imprinted certain information in his memory which allows him to answer the Millionaire questions.
We discover that there is one special person, a girl called Latika (Freida Pinto), who has been in Jamal’s heart through thick and thin and his love for her drives him on whether she is around him or not. He is determined to find her each time they are separated but, will Jamal get to keep the girl he loves?
Dev Patel is brilliant in his portrayal of Jamal; he gives a flawless and moving performance and is bound to be heading for a great film career in future (well it’s not as if he can disappear after the huge success of Slumdog).
Slumdog Millionaire is an innovative and refreshing concept, it is a gripping film with lots of emotion and the right amount of light humour. This is one film that everyone should try and see, even if it’s just to find out if it lives up to the hype; it is definitely not to be missed.
Dev Patel stars as Jamal Malik, a teenage boy from the slums in Mumbai who finds his way onto the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and steams his way through the questions, getting all the answers right and racking up the prize money.
His ability to answer each question causes some suspicion and Jamal is accused of cheating and is arrested and questioned about how he is doing it because people just can’t accept that a slumdog could know all the answers.
Jamal’s interrogation takes us on a journey through the sadness, difficulties and challenges that he has faced in life and we discover how his life experiences have imprinted certain information in his memory which allows him to answer the Millionaire questions.
We discover that there is one special person, a girl called Latika (Freida Pinto), who has been in Jamal’s heart through thick and thin and his love for her drives him on whether she is around him or not. He is determined to find her each time they are separated but, will Jamal get to keep the girl he loves?
Dev Patel is brilliant in his portrayal of Jamal; he gives a flawless and moving performance and is bound to be heading for a great film career in future (well it’s not as if he can disappear after the huge success of Slumdog).
Slumdog Millionaire is an innovative and refreshing concept, it is a gripping film with lots of emotion and the right amount of light humour. This is one film that everyone should try and see, even if it’s just to find out if it lives up to the hype; it is definitely not to be missed.
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