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Slumdog Millionaire

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

Slumdog Millionaire

2008

Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan

Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor ...

7.7

137,358

Drama. Romance "Slumdog Millionaire" is the story of Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?". But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"This is a breathless, exciting story, heartbreaking and exhilarating at the same time. (...) It is one of those miraculous entertainments that achieves its immediate goals and keeps climbing toward a higher summit (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)."	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"A gaudy, gorgeous rush of color, sound and motion (...) In the end, what gives me reluctant pause about this bright, cheery, hard-to-resist movie is that its joyfulness feels more like a filmmaker’s calculation than an honest cry from the heart about the human spirit"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"What I feel for this movie isn't just admiration, it's mad love. And I couldn't be more surprised (...) It's an explosion of color and light with the darkness ever ready to invade. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)."	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"One in a million. (...) Horrifying, humorous and life-affirming, it is, above all, unforgettable. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"Four stars simply aren’t enough for Danny Boyle’s 'Slumdog Millionaire', which just may be the most entertaining movie I’ve ever labeled a masterpiece in these pages."	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Driven by fantastic energy and a torrent of vivid images of India old and new, 'Slumdog Millionaire' is a blast."	POS

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