This isn't at all what I expected. With all of the hype, and the cute song & dance at the Oscars, I thought I would watch a light Bollywood movie. Instead, it was more along the lines of the Kite Runner. A poor man makes it onto the Indian Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He does so well that the host thinks he's cheating. That part you already know. What you may not know is that there is a back story to each of the questions. He knows each answer because it connects to a tramatic event in his life. Difficult to watch, but very good.
August 09, 2009
Slumdog Millionaire - 4 stars
This isn't at all what I expected. With all of the hype, and the cute song & dance at the Oscars, I thought I would watch a light Bollywood movie. Instead, it was more along the lines of the Kite Runner. A poor man makes it onto the Indian Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He does so well that the host thinks he's cheating. That part you already know. What you may not know is that there is a back story to each of the questions. He knows each answer because it connects to a tramatic event in his life. Difficult to watch, but very good.
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One of the few movies I watched twice, and not because I forgot I watched the first time.
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