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Boyle takes his wildly high-energy visual aesthetic and applies it to a story that, at its core, is rather sweet and traditionally crowdpleasing. February 20, 2013 | Full Review…
Boyle takes his wildly high-energy visual aesthetic and applies it to a story that, at its core, is rather sweet and traditionally crowdpleasing.
Christy Lemire
It's Oliver Twist by way of City of God. February 20, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
It's Oliver Twist by way of City of God.
Peter Howell
The best movie of 2008. February 7, 2009 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
The best movie of 2008.
Richard Roeper
Slumdog Millionaire, a film so upbeat and colourful that, by the time you're relaying its infectious air of optimism to friends, you could forget that it features orphans, slaughter, organised crime, poverty, enslavement and police brutality. January 9, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Slumdog Millionaire, a film so upbeat and colourful that, by the time you're relaying its infectious air of optimism to friends, you could forget that it features orphans, slaughter, organised crime, poverty, enslavement and police brutality.
Dave Calhoun
Mumbai's brand new skyscrapers sprout out of patches of mud; Jamal's old-fashioned principles will forever be out of synch with the slick, nightclub world that his older brother Salim inhabits. And so it goes. The romance? Fear not. It's fabulous icing. January 9, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Mumbai's brand new skyscrapers sprout out of patches of mud; Jamal's old-fashioned principles will forever be out of synch with the slick, nightclub world that his older brother Salim inhabits. And so it goes. The romance? Fear not. It's fabulous icing.
James Christopher
Despite being overpraised - it arrives garlanded with the kind of reviews that must have come out after the opening night of King Lear - this is still very effective entertainment. January 9, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Despite being overpraised - it arrives garlanded with the kind of reviews that must have come out after the opening night of King Lear - this is still very effective entertainment.
Peter Bradshaw
Slumdog is imprinted with a uniquely action-packed, peppy Boyle-ian sensibility, from its guttersnipe humor to an unrestrained joy in the imagination and hopefulness of children. January 27, 2020 | Full Review…
Slumdog is imprinted with a uniquely action-packed, peppy Boyle-ian sensibility, from its guttersnipe humor to an unrestrained joy in the imagination and hopefulness of children.
Felicia Feaster
A. - Movie magic at its most glorious; B. Danny Boyle's Masterpiece; C. A celebration of life and love with a little help from Destiny; D. All of the Above. My Final Answer: D. All of the Above. November 16, 2019 | Full Review…
A. - Movie magic at its most glorious; B. Danny Boyle's Masterpiece; C. A celebration of life and love with a little help from Destiny; D. All of the Above. My Final Answer: D. All of the Above.
Debbie Lynn Elias
[T]he perfect mix of comedy and drama, love story and thriller to make it enjoyable, thought-provoking and endlessly watchable. October 30, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
[T]he perfect mix of comedy and drama, love story and thriller to make it enjoyable, thought-provoking and endlessly watchable.
Nikki Baughan
An example of a film that's a triumph of all its parts, wherein there are certainly faults, but you're prepared to forgive it. September 7, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
An example of a film that's a triumph of all its parts, wherein there are certainly faults, but you're prepared to forgive it.
Kate Rodger
A crowd pleaser in the very best sense of the word June 6, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
A crowd pleaser in the very best sense of the word
Matthew Lucas
Are there causal connections between hardships and subsequent joys, and if so, are the latter compensations for the former or simply inevitable turns of the wheel of fortune? May 25, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Are there causal connections between hardships and subsequent joys, and if so, are the latter compensations for the former or simply inevitable turns of the wheel of fortune?
Kenneth R. Morefield
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