Slumdog Millionaire
Directed by Danny Boyle. UK. 2008. R. 120 min.
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"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Well, who wouldn't in this economy, even if the currency in question is rupees and winning the loot means being pegged as a fraud, getting a firsthand education in "enhanced" interrogation methods, and having to relive some of the most painful moments of your past in order to prove your innocence? Such is the fate that greets Jamal, the 18-year-old Mumbai street urchin turned game-show contestant at the center of Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, an almost ridiculously ebullient Bollywood-meets-Hollywood concoction—and one of the rare "feel-good" movies that actually makes you feel good, as opposed to merely jerked around." (Scott Foundas, The Village Voice)
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