Reactions from outside India Slumdog Millionaire

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outside of india, slumdog millionaire met critical acclaim. of 25 april 2015, rotten tomatoes has given film 92% rating 267 reviews. average score 8.4/10. @ metacritic, assigns normalised rating out of 100 reviews mainstream critics, film has received average score of 86, based on 36 reviews. movie city news shows film appeared in 123 different top ten lists, out of 286 different critics lists surveyed, 4th mentions on top ten list of film released in 2008.


roger ebert of chicago sun times gave film 4 out of 4 stars, stating is, breathless, exciting story, heartbreaking , exhilarating. wall street journal critic joe morgenstern refers slumdog millionaire as, film world s first globalised masterpiece. ann hornaday of washington post argues that, modern-day rags-to-rajah fable won audience award @ toronto international film festival earlier year, , s easy see why. timely setting of swiftly globalising india and, more specifically, country s own version of wants millionaire tv show, combined timeless melodrama , hardworking orphan withstands manner of setbacks, slumdog millionaire plays charles dickens 21st century. kenneth turan of los angeles times describes film hollywood-style romantic melodrama delivers major studio satisfactions in ultra-modern way , story of star-crossed romance original warner brothers have embraced, shamelessly pulling out stops wouldn t think have nerve attempt more. anthony lane of new yorker stated, there mismatch here. boyle , team, headed director of photography, anthony dod mantle, believe city mumbai, shifting skyline , population of more fifteen million, ripe storytelling dickens s london [...] @ same time, story chose sheer fantasy, not in glancing details in emotional momentum. how else boyle away assembling cast bollywood dance number, @ railroad station, on closing credits? can either chide film, @ point, relinquishing claim realism or can go flow—surely wiser choice. colm andrew of manx independent full of praise, saying film mixes hard-hitting drama uplifting action , wants millionaire show ideal device revolve events around . several other reviewers have described slumdog millionaire bollywood-style masala movie, due way film combines familiar raw ingredients feverish masala , culminates in romantic leads finding each other.


other critics offered more mixed reviews. example, peter bradshaw of guardian gave film 3 out of 5 stars, stating despite extravagant drama , demonstrations of savagery meted out india s street children, cheerfully undemanding , unreflective film vision of india that, if not touristy exactly, outsider s view; depends full enjoyment on not being taken seriously. pointed out film co-produced celador, own rights original wants millionaire? , claimed functions feature-length product placement programme.


a few critics outright panned it. mick lasalle of san francisco chronicle states that, slumdog millionaire has problem in storytelling. movie unfolds in start-and-stop way kills suspense, leans heavily on flashbacks , robs movie of of velocity.... [t]he whole construction tied gimmicky narrative strategy keeps slumdog millionaire hitting stride until last 30 minutes. then, s little late. eric hynes of indiewire called bombastic , noisy, sub-dickens update on romantic tramp s tale , goofy picaresque rival forrest gump in morality , romanticism.








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