Slumdog Millionaire Reviews

Shows how a critic-pleasing film can be every bit as overbearing as a crowd-pleasing one

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Danny Boyle's hyperactive camera and rude-boy style strain to manipulate us into the emotions the script doesn't honestly earn.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

What a story like this requires is a gentle subtlety, but Boyle is certainly not gentle and far from subtle.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Difícil compreender como o roteiro pedestre de Beaufoy, a direção comprometida de Boyle e o próprio filme arrebanharam tantos troféus e placas nos últimos meses.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

It's fair to say that the movie ends so well that it will redeem the entire experience for many viewers. It all depends on how you feel about the sluggish 90 minutes that went before.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

As the flash and burn of Boyle's imagery loses its sugar high, the limp proposition that it's covering up becomes more and more evident.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

A conceit that grows horribly stale.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

An overly convenient romantic drama that feels too prefabricated to be bought into.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Why, when Boyle has for half a film been such a devastating purveyor of social class suffering, would he turn as glossy as a Disney cartoon?

Full Review | Original Score: C

There are no surprises in this movie, and most people will be able to predict, within the first ten minutes, roughly how the last ten will pan out.

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There hasn't been a social drama this decadently over-hyped since City of God. Boyle plays the same game of pandering to liberal sensibilities while entertaining safe, middle-class distance.

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I get why Slumdog Millionaire is getting all the raves. It's well done and it's the kind of movie that gets people's attention. Just not mine.

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There's certainly some very good direction, editing and acting - especially by the kids. But the adult actors just didn't seem to carry the weight of the harrowing back story.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Like every non-nutritious piffle hastily-consumed, the guilty reflection will come in the long hours after.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4

Jets along on a rocket-fuel cocktail of blood-pumping adrenaline, powerful secrets, searing heartache and rousing uplift.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Like a director from Hollywood's golden age, Boyle has a particular talent for putting a realistic spin on the outlandish.

Full Review | Original Score: 8.4/10

I can't honestly say that I am pulling for Slumdog Millionaire to walk away with the golden statue, but if it does in fact happen, I wouldn't think about complaining for one second.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

What is Slumdog Millionaire? A. The next Little Miss Sunshine. B. The greatest movie of all time. C. The most overrated movie of 2008. D. The most un-Danny Boyle Danny Boyle film. Only one answer...

Full Review | Original Score: 3.25/4

[A] taut, tense and witty tale of human tragedy and triumphant humanity set against the sweep of modern India.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

I think something this beautifully orchestrated will find itself tossed around when the Oscar nominations are announced. And if that happens, it will be richly deserved.

Full Review | Original Score: 10/10