{"id":2524,"date":"2009-01-31T22:46:54","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T06:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=2524"},"modified":"2009-02-01T20:58:36","modified_gmt":"2009-02-02T04:58:36","slug":"slumdog-millionaire-danny-boyle-2008-uk-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=2524","title":{"rendered":"Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008): U.K."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?author=49\">Kathleen Amboy<\/a>. Viewed at the Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; float: left\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_hbvZ181e-9c\/SKJf5xFAyFI\/AAAAAAAAABM\/sikQaBPttms\/s320\/slumdog_millionaire.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u201c<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1010048\/\" target=\"_new\">Slumdog millionaire<\/a><\/em>, is that some movie about a rapper?\u201d  This was my response when my teen advised me that this was the film to see at the SBIFF \u2013 yes, he did hear the buzz long before I did.  And no, it\u2019s not a film about a rapper.<\/p>\n<p>Jamal is a Muslim kid from the slums of India who encounters one frightening, horrific moment of existence after another.  The film begins at the \u201cend\u201d and reverts backwards in time to a point when Jamal and his brother are barely surviving.  They both witness the brutal death of their mother, and then exist for awhile on their own in the streets.  They ultimately become the \u201cthree muskateers\u201d when they welcome in a little stray friend (Latika) into their circle, and are then accosted by a well-organized group of sadistic, child-abusing pimps.  There are many heart-rending, hold-your-breath moments as Jamal\u2019s story unfolds to the local police, who think of him as a liar, cheat, and slumdog.<\/p>\n<p>Just when you think his life can\u2019t get any worse \u2013 it does!  Jamal is painfully separated from his sweet Latika, reunited, and separated again!  In India everyone watches \u201cWho Wants To Be A Millionaire?\u201d and Jamal is determined to get on the show \u2013 not to win, but in order to be seen by his beautiful Latika!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it is a love story.  Yes, it is brutal.  No, I\u2019m not going to divulge anymore.  It is a must-see  and preferably before Oscar time!  The camera work, editing, and musical score are thrilling!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by Kathleen Amboy. Viewed at the Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara Film Festival. \u201cSlumdog millionaire, is that some movie about a rapper?\u201d This was my response when my teen advised me that this was the film to see at the SBIFF \u2013 yes, he did hear the buzz long before I did. And no, it\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-films","category-santa-barbara-film-festival-2009"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}