Ok everyone, run (don't walk) and go see Slumdog Millionaire. It is without a doubt the best movie that I have seen in a long time. You at least need to see it before the Oscars so that you can be as disappointed as I will be if it does not win (but I am really thinking that it wil).
It is about a young man who had grown up in the slums of India and goes on India's version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? only in the hope that the love of his life will notice him. But surprising even to himself, he does extremely well. He is charged with fraud because they don't see how a kid with no education could know the answers to these questions. The film takes you through flashbacks on his life as he recounts how he knew the answers to the questions simply through life experience.
It is such a beautiful movie and (surprise, surprise) I was emotional through the whole thing. We’re talking from the opening scene to the end credits and even after I left the theatre and was on the phone with my mom telling her that she needed to see it. The children that play Jamal (the main character), his brother, and his friend are the cutest kids you will ever see. I loved this movie all the more when I found out these kids were found in the actual slums of India. They asked to be in the movie and then rather than pay them, they are putting them in school and the rest of the money is in a trust fund for them when they are older. My friends and I are also now determined to learn the Bollywood dance number that they perform at the end, especially since I now have the soundtrack. The music in this is awesome, compiled of Indian music, it is really fun. As you can see, I cannot recommend this movie enough, so go see it!
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