Oliver Twisted, Bollywood Style
Slumdog Millionaire, seen Thursday October 23 at the Landmark Sunshine, Aud. #1, Part of the Variety Screening Series, 3.5 slithy toads. This was already a highly touted movie off of its screenings at the Toronto Film Festival and elsewhere even before I saw it, a few weeks before its opening. And as you can see from the generous # of toads I am giving it, I think it's one of those movies that lives up to the acclaim. My sister also liked it a lot, though a friend I was talking with on Monday night did not. Well, the more people who read your book or see your movie the more people you can find who won't like it, but it's clear it is striking a chord. The movie's been doing very well at the box office with signs of very good word of mouth, slowly broadening from being on very few screens to being on several hundred, and making the top 10 at the box office against films, up there with films that are playing at five times as many theatres. Well, good! If you're ...