Linkshoch Wonderful Movie

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

sudip-28-697695 Fate of a billionaire and that of a poor rickshaw driver both in love of humanity tries to meet and help each other in their bid to keep humanity alive. But destiny has some other plans which results in them lost in translation i.e. a letter that Amal can't read.

stevepat99 My gripe is the screenplay. Family greed and corruption is put squarely on the line by the departed multi millionaire's will. His last act and wish is to screw his corrupt family. The flip side of corrupt family is our hero Amal who is good natured beyond belief. So many plot holes. Amal drives his motorized richshaw but has no friends and enjoys no entertainment or social life. Just work and go home to mother who lovingly massages his feet. There is a woman but Jamal will not utter one social word to her. Do we expect 'she would really make the first move? Other then mother Theresa no one would help a stranger by signing over their means of livelihood, especially in India and especially when that means of that livelihood was inherited with love from one's father. I am thinking being jobless in India puts Amal and his mother at unacceptable risk. The movie emphasizes, against its will, that in an instant a great sum of money offers the only chance to survive. Amal tells us just how important money can be. The only question remaining is whether Jamal will have a shot at being Bill Gates of India,helping countless thousands of lives or will greed and corruption and even sordid crime be rewarded.While Jamal's love is as real as Gates and Melinda the immense good he could do with millions is another reality tossed at us throughout the film. For me this roller coaster crashed and burned.

ramayana "Amal" offers a sadly forgotten experience: catharsis. It fools the viewer who is nowadays way too much used to happy endings. This is not to say that the movie doesn't has a happy end, but it's probably not a spoiler to say that the end is very much different than one would expect. "Amal" has been criticized for being too didactic, too much centered on the moral of "poor people with rich heart" but I think there are enough greyshades to save the movie from being naive. It is balanced out by having crooks on the "poor" and (although just ultimately) fair characters on the "rich" side. Apart from that, the movie abounds of memorable scenes - there were at least three scenes where I had to stop and rewind the DVD to watch them again and again, especially those with Naseeruddin Shah in the beginning. Acting is superb here and the actors do their best to fill their sometimes - let's be honest - cardboard characters with life. It shouldn't be forgotten that this is an Indian film, and Indian film culture is not really famous for tragic, character-driven movies. After "Amal", we watched a recent Bollywood hit (wife LOVES them, yuck) and the difference was unspeakable. For me, it was sickening to watch the usual dance-and-love-and-marriage rubbish, and yet this is the style of movies that Indian film industry is famous for. Shame... and no wonder that in such a world, Amal's story ends the way it does.

forlcb I loved this movie...it reeled me in. I think that the movie was a great premise and well executed. I heard the director & lead actor speak and it was fascinating to hear them tell behind the scene stories. the director reports he went to India, not knowing how he would be able to get the experienced actors to work for him...but after 36 hours in New Delhi, the actor that played the father just walked past him (the director) and so he pitched his movie at that moment and this famous Indian actor said he would do the movie. A beautiful picture of joy in a less than joyful world. Interesting filming techniques that evolved through the movie. Great emotional response to ending.Great Job...hope we see more from the director and actor.