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36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Village VoiceScott FoundasVillage VoiceScott FoundasAn almost ridiculously ebullient Bollywood-meets-Hollywood concoction--and one of the rare "feel-good" movies that actually makes you feel good, as opposed to merely jerked around.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe result is magical and life affirming, and will enrapture those who are not scared away by the mention of "subtitles."
- 88Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversBrimming with humor and heartbreak, Slumdog Millionaire meets at the border of art and commerce and lets one flow into the other as if that were the natural order of things.
- 80Film ThreatFilm ThreatAbsolutely perfect family entertainment for anyone over the age of ten. It is a celebration of not just the usual triumph of the human spirit, but a celebration of the human experience.
- 80TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissDespite its elements of brutality, this is a buoyant hymn to life, and a movie to celebrate.
- 80New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanIt's a stunner.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanSlumdog Millionaire is nothing if not an enjoyably far-fetched piece of rags-to-riches wish fulfillment.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterWhat's perhaps most fascinating about the film is Boyle's relentless focus on the realities of present-day India as a vehicle for his spectacle and laughs.
- 70VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyDriven by fantastic energy and a torrent of vivid images of India old and new, Slumdog Millionaire is a blast.
- 70The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisIn the end, what gives me reluctant pause about this bright, cheery, hard-to-resist movie is that its joyfulness feels more like a filmmaker's calculation than an honest cry from the heart about the human spirit (or, better yet, a moral tale).