Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire

Rating:
9/10

Genre:
Romance/Drama/Crime

Summary:

This movie tells the story of an 18-year old orphan from the slums in Mumbai, Jamal Malik, who participated in a contest "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" in India.

He is just one question away to win a staggering 20 million rupees when he is accused of cheating and taken away for interrogation because they don't believe a boy who grew up in the slums can know so much.

After some torturing and protesting that he knows the answers, he tells the story of his life to the police officer to explain how he knows the answers.

Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost.



Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions.

Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show?