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Summary
As 18-year-old Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) answers questions on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," flashbacks show how he got there. Part of a stable of young thieves after their mother dies, Jamal and his brother, Salim, survive on the streets of Mumbai. Salim finds the life of crime agreeable, but Jamal scrapes by with small jobs until landing a spot on the game show.
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Run Time: 116 mins
Program Type: Feature Film
Released: 2008
Rated: R for Adult Language , Violence and Adult Situations
Language: English
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Danny BoyleCast
Dev Patel| Freida Pinto| Madhur Mittal| Anil Kapoor| Irrfan Khan
Tanay Hemant Chheda| Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar| Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala| Ayush Mahesh Khedekar| Rubina Ali
Azharuddin Mohammed IsmailExecutive Producers
Paul Smith| Tessa RossProducer
Christian ColsonOriginal Music
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Epic romance-drama is brilliant but too mature for kids.Appropriate For?
Age Appropriate Some Iffy Stuff Not Age Appropriate15
What's the Story?
In SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, Jamal (Dev Patel) is an 18-year-old tea service worker for a telecommunications company who has somehow managed to make it to the second-to-last question on the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? He's dragged in for questioning by the police, who want to know how he's cheating -- which, in their eyes, is the only way an uneducated boy from the slums like him could possibly be winning. Beaten but unbowed, Jamal tells his interrogators stories from his life that explain why he knows the answers. He also talks about the long-lost love of his life, Latika (Freida Pinto), who he's trying to get in touch with and save through the unlikely mechanism of being on the show.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that despite incidents of violence and cruelty, this is a sweeping, thrilling drama that mature teens will be able to take -- and will probably very much enjoy. There's some extreme violence -- electrocution, murder, and violence perpetrated by, and on, young children -- but it never feels exploitatitive or simplistic. The film revolve around issues of class (how could a poor "slumdog" like the lead character possibly do so well on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?). and includes many images of modern India, including real -- but still hard-to-take -- depictions of poverty and hopelessness. Families can talk about the nature of Indian society -- from class to religious conflict to the nation's role as a growing economic superpower -- and about the way the film depicts hard work, good morals, and quick wits. Are they seen as virtues? Discuss the film's depiction of the differences -- and similarities -- between Indian culture and American culture. How are they different? What do they have in common? What does the movie say about the growing process of globalization? What does it mean when British customer service calls are answered in India? Or when an English game show becomes immensely popular in a completely different nation?
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Slumdog Millionaire
- R
- 2008
- 116 mins
- Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
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As 18-year-old Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) answers questions on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," flashbacks show how he got there. Part of a stable of young thieves after their mother dies, Jamal and his brother, Salim, survive on the streets of Mumbai. Salim finds the life of crime agreeable, but Jamal scrapes by with small jobs until landing a spot on the game show.
Additional Details
Run Time: 116 mins
Program Type: Feature Film
Released: 2008
Rated: R for Adult Language , Violence and Adult Situations
Language: English
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