"a breathless, exciting story, heartbreaking and exhilarating." – Chicago Sun Times
"the film world's first globalized masterpiece.” – Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Jurnal
Watched the movie that was recommended by Niezam. I gave 2 thumbs-up for this brilliant Donny Boyle’s movie. It is a British made movie and was filmed 100% in India. This movie shows how a bunch of slum kids grew up near a train station.
The stories of the slum kids were embedded in Jamal’s (Dave Patel) flashback during participating in the “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” He knows almost all the answers, which cause a suspicion by the host (Anil Kumar). How could an uneducated, slum kid knows all the correct answer? The police now suspect Jamal of cheating, because the other possibilities -- that he has a vast knowledge, or that he is very lucky -- seem unlikely. While being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers.
Two of the cast Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail played as Salim (youngest), Jamal’s brother and Rubina Ali as Latika, Jamal’s first love, were a real slum kids. There are a lot of controversy on the amount of payment these kids received. Some said they are under paid in relatively to the other actors, but Boyle and Colson have stated that they have "set up trust funds for Rubina and Azharuddin and paid for their education," although the exact amount of the trust funds is not known. This has also been met with criticism as there is question as to how children growing up in the slums have any expectation of being able to attend higher education, making the trust fund potentially useless.[1]
Awards and honours [Wikipedia]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire is highly acclaimed, named in the top ten lists of various newspapers.[59] On 22 February 2009 the film won eight out of ten Academy Awards it was nominated for, including the Best Picture and Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song (two songs were nominated from the film; "Jai Ho" won the award), losing only Best Sound Editing to The Dark Knight. It is only the eighth film ever to win eight Academy Awards [60] and the eleventh Best Picture Oscar winner without a single acting nomination. [61]
The film also won all four of the Golden Globe Awards it was nominated for, including Best Drama Film; five of the six Critics' Choice Awards for which it was nominated; and seven of the eleven BAFTA Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Film.
For me, 5 stars!
6 comments:
yeah, great movie. Youngest Jamal so cute :D
Try our local movie Talentime, another great movie. Love it.
ya ini sgt best.aku ada ini muvee.
Ya thanks for recommending me the movie. Will also try talentime if got time ;)
OO.. kakakna dpt dr c ijul..sungguh best..tapi mula2 tu (first question punya flashback) mcm x sanggup mo tinguk..c nurul siap kata "kasi cepat..kasi cepat"
Nice movie kan..Si Jamal punya innocence dan kejujuran tu makes his character so loveable kan..My hubby sgt suka itu scene yg dia jerit Amitabh Bachan!! hehehe...
ya Az.. sgt best.. Amitabh Bachan...!! tapi sedih, Mr Bachan does not like the idea of this film. Lawan arus bah kan.. sgt berbeza dgn filem Hindustan yg typical.
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