SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
In 2008, this British/Indian co-production earned no less that 8 Academy Awards, amongst others for Best Picture and Best Director for renowned director Danny Boyle.
The story is about 18 year old Jamal Malik (excellently portrayed by young British actor, Dev Patel, in his first major film roll) who is suspected of cheating on the local version of the popular TV game show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? And while he is being interrogated by the police (a bit unnecessarily cruel by times for this type of movie) we get to know him through flashbacks from his life growing up with his brother as orphans in the slums of Mumbai.
As mentioned before, some scenes are a bit disturbing for the typical coming of age theme of this movie but then, on the other hand, is that not the stark reality for countless of children growing up throughout the existence of mankind? Some (Charles Dickens comes to mind) might even go so far and say that this is the rule rather than the exception for some parts of the world...
Be that as it may, in the end the message (regardless of how you interpret it) is a powerful one. Therefore, I gave it a solid 3 out of 5 stars.
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The two young boys that actually stole the whole show...
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