Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Slumdog Millionaire worth the price

Posted by Web Editor on Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:32 PM

I'm not entirely sure how a film in which a small boy gets permanently blinded by someone deliberately pouring hot liquid onto his eyeballs while he's unconscious ends up being hyped (by critics and audiences alike) as the "feel-good" movie of the year, but that's the strange case with Slumdog Millionaire, the latest from director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting). Read Matt Brunson's entire review.

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Slumdog Millionaire is as acerbic as it is clear-eyed about the brutal power dynamics in modern-day Mumbai. But, at the same time, what makes it so warming and what has been inspiring audiences all across the world to cheer at its rousing ending.

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