Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008) is a film which makes the audience leave with a smile on there faces. It's original storyline moves along well keeping the audience fully engaged all through the film. Combining a realistic portrayal of life in India and the slums with a love story, Slum Dog Millionaire is romantic, culturally insightful and cheerful. This takes the audience through different emotions such as hate and anger, shock, happiness and touches on themes of destiny, love, hope, betrayal and poverty.
Slumdog Millionaire shows the reality of living in the slums, however does so without dwelling on the detrimental, such as the horrific Muslim raid, by also showing the happiness of the children's lives and using comic escapism. Having half the film spoken in the native language and the on location shots help with portraying this realism in the film. The placement of the subtitles is also an original and interesting aspect of the film worth noting.
The cinematography is breathtaking right from the opening scenes and well deserves it's Best Cinemetography Academy Award. The on location shots are superb and insightful. The music also deserves it's praise and supports the film well. The casting is brilliant, especially in portraying the characters as different ages. The actors are so well chosen for their roles, the seamless change of actors keep the story flowing.
Overall Slumdog Millionaire is entertaining as an insight into the slums of India and a happy love story and life adventure in an unconventional setting. Told in an intriguing way, using flashbacks, the film leaves you with joy and hope. It is nice to have a happy film win the Academy Award for once.
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