Slumdog Millionaire
This review contains spoilers
It has its moments. Obviously, it's rather contrived that the show not only asks Jamal the precise questions he coincidentally knew answers to, but asks them in the order he learned them during his life, which can only mean that the entire thing is either:
A. The elaborate lie he's Verbal Kint-ing his way through to the police to cover for however he's actually cheating; or
B. An Owl Creek Bridge fantasy he has while plummeting to his death after tackling his brother off that building.
Beyond that, I'll just say that it was 21 minutes into the film that I said to myself, "The climactic final question is going to be the name of the third Musketeer, he's going to use a lifeline to phone a friend, and she's going to answer."
A. The elaborate lie he's Verbal Kint-ing his way through to the police to cover for however he's actually cheating; or
B. An Owl Creek Bridge fantasy he has while plummeting to his death after tackling his brother off that building.
Beyond that, I'll just say that it was 21 minutes into the film that I said to myself, "The climactic final question is going to be the name of the third Musketeer, he's going to use a lifeline to phone a friend, and she's going to answer."
Mini Review: It has its moments. Obviously, it's rather contrived that the show not only asks Jamal the precise questions he coincidentally knew answers to, but asks them in the order he learned them during his life, which can only mean that the entire thing is either: A. The elaborate lie he's Verbal Kint-ing his way through to the police to cover for however he's actually cheating; or B. An Owl Creek Bridge fantasy he has while plummeting to his death after tackling his brother off that building.
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