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I saw it. Love the cinematography and story structure. It adequately (but imperfectly) captured the sense of community and life within slums. My mother grew up in such a slum in Manila and her stories and my travel there years later shows a reality far more nuanced than the typical Oxfam/World Relief/Bono shit usually seen on TV. It's more real and complicated than that. Slumdog Millionaire is one of the few films that are able to do that. I highly recommend this movie. It's gripping pace, it's narrative structure, it's topical diversity (from the real pain of religious intolerance to Third World celebrity worship to slum life to the use of beggars to hustling to the bond between brothers and lost love), and its imagery make for a compelling package. At the very least, it makes for a great escape. At deeper levels, it makes you see past surfaces and realize a few things about human cultural connection, commonality, and resilience.
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