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As 18-year-old Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) answers questions on the Indian version of ``Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,'' flashbacks show how he got there. Part of a stable of young thieves after their mother dies, Jamal and his brother, Salim, survive on the streets of Mumbai. Salim finds the life of crime agreeable, but Jamal scrapes by with small jobs until landing a spot on the game show.
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Slumdog Millionaire" bursts with life, delighting, shocking and constantly engaging through lively visuals and the rags-to- maybe-riches adventures of a young man who travels from the slums to the hot seat of the Indian "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire."
Director Danny Boyle ("Trainspotting") presents a world where garbage dumps serve as playgrounds, and criminality and cruelty are a matter of course. But it's also a place where ingenuity can pay off and where hope, once sprung, can survive. (Full review)