The general consensus is that Englishman Danny Boyle’s (Trainspotting, Millions) venture into Bollywood results in a stirring tale of adventure, romance, and redemption. These themes are indisputably present, but represent only the base by which a much more profound and compelling story is told.
Slumdog Millionaire, Boyle’s eighth feature film, delves deep into pressing modern issues like globalization, social partition, child labor, police brutality, entitlement, and cultural and religious discord-into territory far beyond the aforementioned themes. It’s been widely described as a simplistic but well-crafted, “feel-good movie.” This kind of pedestrian …