Danny Boyle’s finest since Trainspotting. In fact, it’s the best British/Indian gameshow-based romance of the millennium.

This is a breathless, exciting story, heartbreaking and exhilarating at the same time, about a Mumbai orphan who rises from rags to riches on the strength of his lively intelligence.

...yet Slumdog Millionaire features the simplest story Boyle has evertold, which may explain why its many pleasures are so pure.

Sjældent har en film vibreret af så høj grad af visuelt overskud og kondenseret feel-good fornemmelse.