Slumdog Millionaire
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Actor: Anil Kapoor, Dev Patel, Rajendranath Zutshi, Saurabh ShuklaBrand: Twentieth Century Fox
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-03-31
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Slumdog Millionaire
DVD Review: Interesting plot, but some stereotypes turned me off.
Summary: 3 Stars
I heard a lot of good things about Slumdog Millionaire. It also made me excited to know AR Rahman did the soundtrack. Despite the fact the film was not well received in India, I was going to give it the benefit of the doubt.
Unfortunately, I could actually see why this film was not well received in India.
The film portrayed mostly poor people in India. In addition, they made it seem like the majority of the officers were corrupt. I tried very hard to not let these quirks get in the way of the plot. After all, in any poor neighborhood - including places in the United States - these things are bound to happen. Stress levels are higher, there generally is less reliable help from authority, and so forth. This can safely be generalized to most places in the world where there is a low-income neighborhood and a high crime rate. I have not done any research on the statistics in Bombay/Mumbhai, but despite the overemphasis on poor people in India, I was willing to put this reservation to the side. I even bit my tongue when I saw the Muslim fanatics attack people and saw the main character make a comment about blaming Rama and Allah for his mother's death. (I will say this, though: the inter-caste violence is generally more infrequent than people in the West make it out to be and even then, it is usually reserved to the rural population. In almost any society, social norms are more rigidly enforced when you get away from the more populated and diverse areas.)
What really turned me off was the scene when little Jamal was conning tourists, only for the police to publicly beat him. Some cops might abuse their authority, but I really do not think the developed parts of India would have this happen a lot. Following this was the young Jamal made the comment to the tourists, "You wanted to see what the REAL India is REALLY like?" After this comment more or less helped me make my decision on the degree of stereotyping. The tourist responded via giving cash to Jamal and saying, "This is how the real America is like!" I may have not quoted the scene word for word, but this is how the scene went. This part of the dialogue really made it obvious that the script writer and film maker over-stereotyped. It also shows a lack of consideration for the non-profit institutions in India that actually -do- help the poor. But like America, people in other countries cannot help -all- of their population.
This major "turn off" aside, the plot was interesting and I am always up for something dealing with the gray aspect of society. It really shows what could happen to the homeless when people do not pay any attention to them. Furthermore, I think the main characters show how far people will go to survive when put under the circumstances many homeless and poor people endure in the city slums. I think someone already said the only unlikely thing that happened was Jamal becoming a millionaire...despite this, almost everything else seemed a pretty accurate portrayal of this environment.
Sincerely,
Arya Nightingale
DVD Review: Too Exaggerated to be Believable
Summary: 2 Stars
The fact that soo much of the movie is exaggerated ruined it for me. The fact that soo many bad things happened to one small child was totally unbelievable.
Just because a movie is "cultural" and it has a song in it does not necessarily make it good.
I actually decided to go to the slums of Mumbai to see if this movie is actually realistic (wanted to volunteer). The people living in the slums of Mumbai are completely different from what is shown in the movie. I noticed that people had color TVs in their homes, stereo systems, running water, etc. And they were all happy to be living there as a community.
This movie was too fake to be appreciated. Some scenes are totally disturbing and unnecessary (and unreal).
DVD Review: only saw a little bit don't know alot about it
Summary: 3 Stars
saw about 5 minutes of this. Very violant. It's rated R for strong violance and strong language. I only saw the part where the guy got arrested then almost killed his brother. Don't know about it but it was OK i guessDVD Review: Who wants a Million Dollar Concept?
Summary: 5 Stars
I, like the rest of the world, heard about the Film of the Year; "Slumdog Millionaire". However, I never overheard a clear explanation of the plot and what I did hear was more confusing than helpful; a dramatic story built around a gameshow. In addition, I read where 2009 was such a mediocre year that a movie like "Slumdog Millionaire" might end up as Best Picture come Oscar time.
"Slumdog Millionaire" IS a very good movie. As it began, I thought that I was finding out too much too soon. With all this information up front, how would the rest of the movie keep my attention. Before long I realized the brilliance of its' cinematic concept; the answer to each question on the game show was learned in the school of Hard Knocks by our improbable hero, Jamal Malik. Jamal has lived a tough life and every tragedy and misfortune was etched in his memory. His seemimgly emotionless reaction to each correct answer on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" was a testimony to the suffering the answer brought to mind. Naturally, the movie lets us in on the "stories behind the answers". Along the way, we meet other characters important in Jamal's life as they weave in and out of his story. The ending is somewhat predictable but we would be greatly disappointed otherwise.
I guess "Slumdog Millionaire" IS a dramatic story built around a game show. However, it didn't take a mediocre year to give it a chance to win Best Picture. It would have competed in any other year as well.
DVD Review: Also a far greater world
Summary: 5 Stars
An 18 year aged teenager Jamal Malik, gets interrogated at a police station in Mumbai in a charge of committing fraud to answer correctly every question of a quiz show "kaun banega croarepati (Indian adaptation of 'Who wants to be a millionnaire'). As the interrogation proceeds, the film runs thru flashback of memories showing where the answer to each and every question lie.
In these answers appear, the world around Taj Mahal, Mumbai, Modern India and then also a far greater world around it, at a breathtaking speed, taking audience thru a journey of mixed emotions and colours. Along with it also runs a story of hope, love and just getting on with living in the best possible way.
Jai Ho !!
Description of Slumdog Millionaire
Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) is just one question away from winning a fortune on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But how has this uneducated young man from the slums succeeded in providing correct responses to questions that have stumped countless scholars before him? And will he ultimately win it all or lose everything, including his true love?- Audio: English: 5.1 Dolby Surround / French: Dolby Surround
- Language: Dubbed: English & French / Subtitled: English, French & Spanish
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen: 2.35:1
Danny Boyle (Sunshine) directed this wildly energetic, Dickensian drama about the desultory life and times of an Indian boy whose bleak, formative experiences lead to an appearance on his country's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Jamal (played as a young man by Dev Patel) and his brother are orphaned as children, raising themselves in various slums and crime-ridden neighorhoods and falling in, for a while, with a monstrous gang exploiting children as beggars and prostitutes. Driven by his love for Latika (Freida Pinto), Jamal, while a teen, later goes on a journey to rescue her from the gang's clutches, only to lose her again to another oppressive fate as the lover of a notorious gangster.
Running parallel with this dark yet irresistible adventure, told in flashback vignettes, is the almost inexplicable sight of Jamal winning every challenge on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?," a strong showing that leads to a vicious police interrogation. As Jamal explains how he knows the answer to every question on the show as the result of harsh events in his knockabout life, the chaos of his existence gains shape, perspective and soulfulness. The film's violence is offset by a mesmerizing exotica shot and edited with a great whoosh of vitality. Boyle successfully sells the story's most unlikely elements with nods to literary and cinematic conventions that touch an audience's heart more than its head. --Tom Keogh
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