If you are looking for a heart-wrenching, fast paced film, then you need to watch Slumdog Millionaire.
Directors Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan do an absolutely brilliant job of depicting the lives of two young brothers as they fight through the struggles of growing up alone in the slums of India.
This film takes us through a number of flashbacks in the life of Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) that explain through his life experiences how he is able to answer questions on the Indian Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
In a tear-jerking early scene, both Jamal and his brother Salim (Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail) witness the death of their mother during an anti-Muslim attack from the Hindus. While escaping the attack the two brothers befriend a young girl, Latika (Rubina Ali) and attempt to survive on their own before being “rescued” by an orphanage.
In a key and very intense scene, the brothers are separated from their new friend Latika as they attempt to run away from the orphanage. Jamal is extremely distraught and spends the rest of the film trying to find ways to find her and bring them all back together. The producers and actors do a good job in this scene laying the ground work of how the two brothers begin to lead lives down different paths.
The bulk of the film consists of Jamal describing how he got answers to the Millionaire questions based on life experiences he had. Jamal and Salim spend most of their time dealing with adversity in different ways. Jamal spends most of his time in search of Latika while Salim spends his time running from his enemies and working for mobsters.
The producers do an excellent job of creating a solid balance between the different time frames that this movie takes place in. Many movies have flashbacks but most of the time a lot of the intensity and passion of the movie is lost while travelling back in time. In this film the passion for Jamal is just as evident when he is 18 years old as when he is 8.
The thrilling ending to this movie is in itself enough to watch. When faced with the 20 Million Rupee question Jamal is forced to use his phone a friend lifeline and has just one phone number, Salim’s. Will Jamal receive the information he needs, watch and find out?
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I like the ending, it leaves the reader wanting to know how the movie ends.
ReplyDeleteYou do a good job of providing basic information about the movie. I can read this review and basically know what the movie is about.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I wanted more of your opinion in the review. I get that you think it's heart-wrenching and fast-paced, but is this good to you? How did it make you feel?
Also, when you say a "key and very intense scene" in paragraph five, I think you can describe this scene in more detail without giving away too much of the movie. I like to read descriptions of key scenes and know exactly what's going on. If it's truly key and very intense, a description will make me want to see it all the more.
I liked your review and I really liked your kicker. My favorite part is when you describe the seperation of Latika from Jamal and Salim. It has good description.
ReplyDeleteI thought that your review was good overall and provided the reviewer with a vivid picture of what was going on. Also, I would try to combine similiar paragraphs together and provide smoother transitions between the paragraphs.
ReplyDeleteThe review provided a good break down of the plot. You explained what the film was about, or at least the basic idea, and you provided specific scene examples to enhance your review.
ReplyDeleteEven though you get a good idea on your opinion about the film, it's mostly taken from context clues, not from direct statements. Add more opinion, otherwise the review is very informative.