Metacritic Movie Ratings
Slumdog Millionaire Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  This is a breathless, exciting story, heartbreaking and exhilarating at the same time.

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• 100

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Director Danny Boyle's riveting and kaleidoscopic tale, based on Vikas Swarup's debut novel "Q and A," is exquisitely adapted to the screen by Simon Beaufoy.

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• 90

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  Boyle has been nothing if not bold with this film. He's dared to use so many venerable movie elements it's dizzying, dared us to say we won't be moved or involved, dared us to say we're too hip to fall for tricks that are older than we are.

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• 90

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  Driven by fantastic energy and a torrent of vivid images of India old and new, Slumdog Millionaire is a blast.

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• 75

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Slumdog Millionaire is nothing if not an enjoyably far-fetched piece of rags-to-riches wish fulfillment.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  In the end, what gives me reluctant pause about this bright, cheery, hard-to-resist movie is that its joyfulness feels more like a filmmaker's calculation than an honest cry from the heart about the human spirit (or, better yet, a moral tale).

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  What's perhaps most fascinating about the film is Boyle's relentless focus on the realities of present-day India as a vehicle for his spectacle and laughs.

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