Slumdog Millionaire

Award Winning of 8 Oscars and 7 BAFTA Awards Including Best Film !!

Reviews

"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."

"Slumdog Millionaire is a giddy, breathtaking experience, kind of like winning a million bucks."

Agree? Disagree?
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/slumdog_millionaire/

Trailer

 Directed by - Danny Boyle
 Produced by - Christian Colson 
 Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy 
 Starring - Dev Patel
                 Freida Pinto 
                 Madhur Mittal 
                 Anil Kapoor
                 Irrfan Khan 
 Music by - A.R Rahman 






Summary of the plot

The story is about a boy named Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. While the whole country watching, he is just one question away from winning  20 million rupees on India's Who Want's To Be a Millionaire?  But when the show breaks up for the night, the police arrest him on suspecting he's cheating. To prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up together and fought struggles along with a girl who Jamal loved but somehow disappeared.

Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's questions. But one question remains a mystery. The inspector begins to wonder why would a boy from the slums come to a game show with no desire for money? The next day Jamal returns to the show and one more right answer from him would get him 20 million rupees, the inspector and 60 million viewers are about to find out.

Why would Audience Sub-Groups like it ?

One audience sub-group that would like this film is 13-15 year olds. This genre is aimed at teenagers and the audience can empathise with adult characters in soaps and sitcoms. An example is, when in the movie it showed that they deal with young love which teenagers can also relate to. Another reason is that at this age teenagers often go through a lot of struggles which also happens to Jamal in the film.Another audience sub-group that would like this film are social viewers. This is because they enjoy watching blockbusters and they would also enjoys songs which everyone would listen to. An example was when Boyle and his team had used an iconic song 'Jai Ho', this was used at the end of the film. Lastly another audience sub group it could link to is an extreme audience. Which means it would be an audience that would watch very explicit violence and drug use, an example was when Maman (A man who children see as a saint but isn't really one) pulls out a child's eye. This is an example of what an extreme audience would watch.

Summary of the Reviews 

"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."

I disagree with this point because the first ten minutes of the film was very depressing and sad as Jamal had been arrested buy the police as they suspected he had been cheating. Also the fact that his mother dies within the first ten minutes wouldn't make people predict that the last ten minutes of the film will be about Jamal finding his love. However some people may predict that his brother dies towards the end but that would be highly unlikely as the storyline changes throughout the whole film. Because of the interesting storyline it had won the Best Film BAFTA award. 

"Slumdog Millionaire is a giddy, breathtaking experience, kind of like winning a million bucks."

I agree with this point because it was a complete unique storyline and you also see different serious issues that take place in India. Through this people also discover labour, homelessness, enslavement and poverty which leads to crime. This is how it makes people feel likes its a breathtaking experience because it explores real life issues. This is why 94% people gave it a rating of 4 1/2 stars on rottentomatoes.com.

My Own Opinion 

I think that the film was incredibly amazing, it had completely grabbed the audience attention and this is what people want. Danny Boyle has hit a sixer! The movie was a complete original and it is worthy of a classic status. By the time you get to the end you literally forget about all the violence and crime that was involved. This mixed work of Danny Boyle has hit a jackpot. There was everything, drama, emotions and romance. I would totally agree with the review that it is 'kind of like winning a million bucks'.