Slumdog Millionaire

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  • Opened November 12, 2008 
  • 1 hr 56 min
  • R | some violence, disturbing images and language

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 15+. More on child suitability

  • Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, 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? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show’s questions. Intrigued by Jamal’s story, the jaded Police Inspector begins to wonder what a young man with no apparent desire for riches is really doing on this game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Irfan Khan
  • Director: Danny Boyle
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign

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88 out of 100 A heart-touching romantic fantasy that answers true love....

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by mlehua

Great movie. Not for kids. I was interested in seeing it as I spent time in India and saw the kids swarm us as we traveled and how they begged for money and we watched as they took back whatever was...

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by kchertzlar

This film was outstanding. It proves that underdogs can become something great and it also makes want to step inside his shoes....

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Boston Globe
| Ty Burr

You may even feel like dancing in the aisles yourself. Sure, the real world doesn't always work this way. Have you forgotten that this is one of the reasons why we go to movies in the first place? Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

It doesn't happen often, but when it does, look out: a movie that rocks and rolls, that transports, startles, delights, shocks, seduces. A movie that is, quite simply, great. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal
| Joe Morgenstern

Slumdog Millionaire is the film world's first globalized masterpiece. Read full review

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| Claudia Puig

Director Danny Boyle's riveting and kaleidoscopic tale, based on Vikas Swarup's debut novel "Q and A," is exquisitely adapted to the screen by Simon Beaufoy. Read full review

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Dev Patel as Jamal and Freida Pinto as Latika in "Slumdog Millionaire."