Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Slumdog Millionare

Best movie of the year.
Slumdog Millionare, Brit director Danny Boyle's (Trainspotting) latest, takes us on a tour of modern-day India through the memories of Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), an office worker who has just won millions of dollars on the program, "Who Wants to Be A Millionare?" Since he is just a "slumdog," his honor is challenged and he is accused of cheating and questioned by police. The interrogation reveals a tapestry of events in Jamal's young and tragic life, woven together by screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (based on the novel Q&A, by Vikas Swarup), that contains clues as to where this young man found the answers. The result is a beautiful, heartbreaking and ultimately redemptive story of love and survival in a brutal world.

1 comment:

Where We Stand said...

I've been getting a lot of requests to see this movie. I'm intrigued and might just drag myself out to see it even though i prefer chic fliks