Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire

2008

After coming within one question of winning 20 million rupees on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" 18-year-old Mumbai "slumdog" Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) is arrested on suspicion of cheating. While in custody, Jamal regales a jaded police inspector (Irfan Khan) with remarkable tales of his life on the streets, as well as the story of Latika (Freida Pinto), the woman he loved and lost. Danny Boyle's film won a Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Picture.

Love and money... You have mixed them both.

Winner of 8 Academy Awards

JBscale
88
Excellent

Film Detail

Genre
Drama - Crime
Length
2 hrs. 1 min.
US Theatrical Release
January 23, 2009
US Box Office
$141,171,367 (#485 of 7538)
Global Office
$377,910,544 (#378 of 4500)
Rating
R
Restricted
Disturbing Images, Language, Some Violence

Collection Detail

Edition
Digital Only
Resolution | Digital Platform
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
WS 2.35:1
Audio
English: DD+ 5.1
Studio
20th Century Fox
Released
March 31, 2009
Acquired Date
May 5, 2009
Times Seen
1 Time
Last Watched
May 8, 2009

Actors

Dev Patel
Dev Patel
Freida Pinto
Freida Pinto
Anil Kapoor
Anil Kapoor
Madhur Mittal
Madhur Mittal
Irrfan Khan
Irrfan Khan
Saurabh Shukla
Saurabh Shukla
Rajendranath Zutshi
Rajendranath Zutshi
Jeneva Talwar
Jeneva Talwar
Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail
Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail
Ayush Mahesh Khedekar
Ayush Mahesh Khedekar
Rubina Ali
Rubina Ali
Janet de Vigne
Janet de Vigne

Directors

Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle
Loveleen Tandan
Loveleen Tandan

Producers

Christian Colson
Christian Colson

Writers

Simon Beaufoy
Simon Beaufoy

Awards & Accolades

  • 2008 Golden Globe: Best Motion Picture, Drama
  • 2008 Oscar : Best Director - Danny Boyle
  • 2008 Oscar : Best Picture
  • 2008 Oscar : Cinematography
  • 2008 Oscar : Film Editing
  • 2008 Oscar : Music (Original Score)
  • 2008 Oscar : Music (Original Song) - "Jai Ho"
  • 2008 Oscar : Sound Mixing
  • 2008 Oscar : Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
  • 2009 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #70
  • 2010 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #117
  • 2011 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #152
  • 2012 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #153
  • 2013 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #224

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User Reviews

  • 5.8.2009 by biglummox (9/10)

Ratings

JB Users
90
Superior
RT Fresh Certified
91%
Tomatometer
286 votes
RT Fresh Certified
90%
Popcornmeter
50,246 votes
METASCORE
84
36 votes
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
889,553 votes

Additional Info

  1. IMDb
  2. Official Website
  3. Kids-in-Mind
  4. Common Sense Media