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Although Dicken woulda loved it - don't underestimate the artistry this film represents.

Posted by Harmonia on December 29, 2008 at 20:16:57:
Yup - I enjoyed it a bunch. Boyle's best film since Trainspotting.
The energy, swooshing camera, jump cuts, startling contrasts, all melded into a fluid narrative backed by a pounding Bollywood soundtrack - irresistable to me. Slumdog incorporates the color, vibrancy, contradictions and aspirations of its host country (India) to vivid effect. Is Slumdog unabashedly sentimental? You betcha, and none the worse for that. Is the ending predictable? Of course it is, and Boyle (and his screenwriter) wouldn't be true to the Bollywood spirit of the thing if they kept the lovers apart.
It's not perfect, but it's the kind of bold, entertaining film Hollywood wishes it could still make but can't. The studios don't seem to make smart pop movies that don't cloy or beat their subjects to death.

Besides, what exactly led you to believe this film was intended to be "realistic" or "intellectual"? Go see the excellent A Christmas Tale, which is something else altogether and may be more to your liking.
Slumdog is a "movie" movie. Yes, the tropes are familiar - rags to riches, hardscrapple orphans, fantasy, epic love story, social commentary, road movie, etc etc. But I think the filmmakers turned these familiar elements into something startling in its contrasts, touching and exhilerating.
I thought Patel was charming, although he didn't look a thing like the fellow playing his brother as an older teen.
Pather Panchali it's not. But Slumdog Millionaire is good and it's fun. A rare combo these days.