Awards
2008 Academy Award winner — Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Musical Score, Best Film Editing
Synopses & Reviews
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?
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"Four stars simply aren't enough for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, which just may be the most entertaining movie I've ever labeled a masterpiece in these pages." New York Post
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"This is a breathless, exciting story, heartbreaking and exhilarating at the same time." Roger Ebert
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"Director Danny Boyle's riveting and kaleidoscopic tale, based on Vikas Swarup's debut novel Q and A, is exquisitely adapted to the screen by Simon Beaufoy." USA Today
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"[T]he film world's first globalized masterpiece." The Wall Street Journal
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"Romantic, action-packed and always held together by an intriguing social conscience, Slumdog Millionaire is a rapturous crowd pleaser." Bob Mondello, NPR
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"Driven by fantastic energy and a torrent of vivid images of India old and new, Slumdog Millionaire is a blast." Variety