Slumdog Millionare

Slumdog Millionaire offers so much to love. Truly, the method of storytelling is brilliant and creative, truly deserving of the Best Picture award it received. However, honestly, there isn’t a lot more to it. The movie follows a contestant on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. As he answers every question correct, we cut to the future, where he’s being interrogated for cheating, and then there is a flashback to the past to show how he knows each answer. Obviously this hasn’t been done in any other form of storytelling, and it works. It forces you to really care for the character, while also root for him. The way it is shot offers enough variety in setting and lenses that it allows the audience to clearly know when the events are taking place, which is helpful in a movie that jumps around time periods as much as this one. The acting is also spot on. However, I did feel that there was a lot that could have been cut. The movie is incredibly tense, and that’s one of its best qualities. But, there are quite a few scenes that break that tension. When it happens, it’s incredibly distracting, and quite annoying. Also, the dialogue can lack the ability to be intriguing during parts of it. Those nit-picky comments are nothing compared to the wonderful qualities of this movie. The entire point of a film is to tell a story, and that is where Slumdog Millionaire shines. So, overall, I’d say that it’s definitely worth watching, because this film is fantastic. 9.1/10