Product Details

• Actors: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla, Rajendranath Zutshi
• Format: NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: March 31, 2009
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (386 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001P9KR8U
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,220 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Slumdog Millionaire" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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Danny Boyle (Sunshine) directed this wildly energetic, Dickensian drama about the desultory life and times of an Indian boy whose bleak, formative experiences lead to an appearance on his country's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Jamal (played as a young man by Dev Patel) and his brother are orphaned as children, raising themselves in various slums and crime-ridden neighorhoods and falling in, for a while, with a monstrous gang exploiting children as beggars and prostitutes. Driven by his love for Latika (Freida Pinto), Jamal, while a teen, later goes on a journey to rescue her from the gang's clutches, only to lose her again to another oppressive fate as the lover of a notorious gangster.

Running parallel with this dark yet irresistible adventure, told in flashback vignettes, is the almost inexplicable sight of Jamal winning every challenge on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?," a strong showing that leads to a vicious police interrogation. As Jamal explains how he knows the answer to every question on the show as the result of harsh events in his knockabout life, the chaos of his existence gains shape, perspective and soulfulness. The film's violence is offset by a mesmerizing exotica shot and edited with a great whoosh of vitality. Boyle successfully sells the story's most unlikely elements with nods to literary and cinematic conventions that touch an audience's heart more than its head. --Tom Keogh

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love over gold, July 20, 2009

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Glenn S. Brauer "goodwitch" (Lexington, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slumdog Millionaire (DVD)

I saw this movie back in the Christmas season last year with some reluctance. Were it not for a good friend edging me on I probably would not have bothered. I incorrectly sensed that it was just another drippy foreign film about drippy people living on the edge and getting lucky.

Boy was I wrong.

This is such a smart, cleverly woven story with a classic twist--reminding me of Dickens--and all the stuff we love about life, but what's really striking--and I just watched this twice on DVD--is the precious love that is expressed here.

Lump in throat anyone?

Goosey bumps, too?

I just lap it up. Call me a sucker--but I had to re-play the last two minutes over and over again--where our hero brushes his sweetie's scarred cheek...and you either already know or will know the rest. It just kills me every time.The quintessential message is: LOVE OVER $$, GOLD, whatever, ANY DAY!

Amen.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bogus special features, October 4, 2010

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Anna (Wilmington, DE USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Slumdog Millionaire (DVD)

Do not buy this DVD if you are interested in the special features listed on the box and at the Amazon site. This DVD does not contain the making of, the deleted scenes or the audio commentary. The special features contain only trailers for 4 other movies. The movie is great, but the main reason I bought the DVD was to watch the making of. This false advertisement was a complete disappointment.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to watch, Horrifying, But Totally Worth It, January 1, 2011

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Emily - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Slumdog Millionaire [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Most of the people that have criticized this movie have complained of the horrors that our hero faces. Quite frankly, they have a valid point. The gritty nature of this movie is probably a shock to the system for most. I know it was for me. But if you sit down to watch this movie, you realize that so much of our knowledge isn't learned in school. It's learned every day as we face reality, even if that reality is a cruel one (as in Jamal's case).

Jamal's back story (and the reason he knows the answers to India's version of, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire") is startling and charming and important, all at the same time. If you really want to understand everything good about this movie, take it in and let yourself be affected by the tragedy portrayed. No doubt, there are many "slumdogs" out there who face loss and human cruelty far worse than Jamal did in this film. Can you imagine? Because of the lessons I learned and because this movie didn't shy away from teaching me them, it deserves every accolade.