"Boyle does not flinch from showing us the crushing poverty and merciless cruelty of life in the slums, nor should he. Through this we understand the fraught relationship with his troubled brother and his relentless devotion to fellow slum orphan Latika (Freida Pinto)." Tiscali UK
"Danny Boyle has hit the jackpot with this wonderfully uplifting rags-to-riches story that has so much of everything, I felt as though I had won 20 million rupees myself. Above all, it's a love story, but also one about lost children, the relationship between two brothers and a story of survival. Throughout, we walk on a tightrope between the joyous and the devastating, with spectacularly rewarding results." Urban Cinefile