Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".
- Danny Boyle
- Nuvendra Singh
- Loveleen Tandan
- Simon Beaufoy
- Vikas Swarup
- Gulzar
Rating: 7.733/10 by 10498 users
Alternative Title:
一百万零一夜 - CN
¿Quién quiere ser millonario? - MX
¿Quién quiere ser millonario? - ES
Slumdog Millionaire - Drengen der havde svar på alt - DK
Slumdog millionaire - ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? - AR
Viltu vinna milljarð? - IS
贫民窟的百万富翁 - CN
スラムドッグ＄ミリオネア：2008 - JP
一百萬零一夜 - HK
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
Français
हिन्दी
English
Runtime: 02 hour 00 minutes
Budget: $15,000,000
Revenue: $378,400,000
Plot Keyword: based on novel or book, slum, cheating, suspicion, mumbai (bombay), india, game show, quiz, orphan, duringcreditsstinger, taj mahal, india
Dev Patel is great here as "Jamal", a young man from the Mumbai slums who shot to fame by winning the first ever jackpot on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" only to be accused of cheating. It's not an unreasonable allegation - this lad comes from a background that suggests little, if any, education and yet he is answering some tough questions that, theoretically, he should not know the answers too. It's during this (actually quite brutal) interrogation, which is interspersed with flashback and with each round of the television quiz, that we discover a little of the childhood and upbringing of this young man and about how he has amassed the knowledge to, legitimately, get the answers correct. It's a story about humanity and decency, this - and the ensemble cast, especially the street urchins, help to deliver an authentic glimpse at not just the poverty in which they lived, but of their sense of community and loyalty to each other as they grew up together. Now there's no point in pretending that the writing is great - it isn't. It's doesn't really allow for any in-depth character development. Somehow, though, Patel's sheer screen presence and optimism, coupled with the overall style of the film cover up for that more than adequately leaving us with a solidly entertaining, occasionally thought-provoking, rags-to-riches story that I suspect many people can readily identify with. It's a bit too long, and maybe the romantic elements could have been ditched, but all told it's still well worth watching.
