"Slumdog" is just the beginning for Boyle who might be one of the most progressive and talented directors working today. His great success with making this film intense, eye-opening and full of heart all at the same time prove that he's also an incredible one. For Boyle to go from science fiction and zombie thrillers to taking on a project as daring and unusual as "Slumdog Millionaire" proves that he's not only a brave director, but a versatile one. While the young, unknown, Indian actors are absolutely amazing in this film, the biggest kudos go to director Boyle, who creates an astonishing film. Despite being separated, Jamal and Latika are reunited several times and in fact Jamal's only motivation in life is his love for her. As children they are left parentless and taught how to swindle tourists, leading to lives of little fulfillment or even corruption. These memories offer vivid insight into poverty in India as well as the lives of Jamal, Latika and Jamal's older brother Salim. Danny Boyle ("28 Days Later," "Sunshine") takes us from memory to memory as Jamal advances question by question toward the million dollars. It's as if he is destined to win, even though he only went on the show to impress a girl he has loved his whole life, Latika. Because Jamal is from the slums of India and has no educational background, it seems entirely improbable if not impossible that Jamal could make it this far, but each question is connected with distinct and sometimes painful memories for Jamal. Jamal Malik is a young man on India's "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire" and is a question away from one million dollars when he's arrested on suspicion of cheating. "Slumdog Millionaire" is a drama exposing the tragic effects of poverty in gigantic Indian cities like Mumbai that is also fused with a modern day Indian fairytale. While "Slumdog Millionaire" is far from a Bollywood tragic love story filled with singing and dancing, the way director Danny Boyle will rivet audiences with his film that is authentic to Indian culture while using a distinctly Western style of film-making might be enough proof that there is a profit to be made here. It doesn't seem like a stretch to suggest that America might now be ready to embrace films in the style of India's Bollywood films.
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