Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire Stinks

You can almost smell the distasteful visual surroundings of this film, especially when little Jamal falls into the pit of human waste and rushes through the crowd covered in "Human Crap!" just to get his favorite actors autograph? If you love to see roads of endless garbage, "nasty living environments", children being tortured, burned, blinded, raped, and most of all continous film "Flashbacks?" then you will thoroughly enjoy this 2009 Academy Award winning film rated best picture?

The film story is based on how young and innocent Jamal won the "Who wants to be a millionaire T.V. game show in India. Luckily for Jamal Malik (actor Dev Patel) each question asked was ironically based on his true life events that took place since he was a child in Mumbai India. Each time the sarcastic game show host in India would ask a question? The film would convert to Jamal's life history in "Flashbacks?" Lasting for about 15 minutes regarding each question. (The game rules are the same as asked here in the U.S.A.).

The story does have a delightful meaning in the end. However, the "Flashbacks" can be frustrating at times, especially if you watch this Millionaire game show on a daily basis like my wife and I here in America. "I was just curious?" to see how how an un-educated kid that grew up from the "lowest scum of the earth" knew all the answers to these millionaire questions? (The final story is revealed in the last 30 minutes which eventually brought all these "Flashbacks" together and make sense).

The local corrupt police authorities tortured him to try to find out he knew all the answers? Jamal slowly explained to the police captain how he knew using these "Flashbacks" of mostly violent behavior while growing up. What was really astounding? Is the fact that Jamal grew up with so much violence, poverty and "garbage" in his lifetime, but always showed so much love and affection for other human beings during this film? Which reminded me of a Charles Dickens story.

Young Jamal's favorite love of life since childhood was "Latika" played by actress Freida Pinto, which eventually became a virgin money making protestute captured by Maman. A local mob corrupt figure that abducts small children on the streets and turns females into "whores" and the male children into daily con-artist. There were also scenes of him and staff blinding small children. (These scenes looked "Real" in life and you should be prepared for this situation). Jamal continued his search for Latika until the very end, thus creating a love story.

This film is very violent, and also shows the lowest possible "scum" that anyone could ever imagine in their lifetime here on earth. If you are planning a trip to India, I would NOT personally recommend this film. This British director has shown the worst possible locations in India. Small children will be very extremely alarmed while watching this film voted the number one picture of 2008.

Ironically, even the game show host was corrupt, giving Jamal the wrong answer on the mirror in the bathroom. But Jamal seem to sense this "dirty behavior" because of his past flashback history life. Reversing his answer to make money on "Who wants to be a millionaire" in India. The game show host was amazed at his answer? Giving the story and film more meaning? until the very end of 30 minutes of film viewing?

If you can make it to the very end of this film without going to sleep? It may be worth your money. I would personally wait until it comes out on national television for editing and then view this violent and "nasty" movie and make your final decision, which I disagree with making this number one picture of 2008?

Thanks for reading,

Phillip Chambley.