History YMMV / SlumdogMillionaire

* UnfortunateImplications: Management college dean Arindam Chaudhari (a very harsh critic of the film) feels this movie projects a negative image of India, and cites an example of a French national refusing to travel to India ("after Slumdog? no way!") to prove his point.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: A.R.Rahman, India's leading composer, explores a great variety of music in the film, both traditional and modern, sometimes [[XMeetsY even a mixture]]. The result? One hell of a soundtrack.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: "I live at [[ArtisticLicenseGeography Loch Big Ben]], right next to [[SeanConnery Sean Connery's]] flat."
** The Taj Mahal scene.
** Jamal pretending to be a tour guide.

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: The kidnapped children being blinded in order to make them better beggars.]]

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The big {{Bollywood}} dance at the end. Seriously, you can't help but smile.

* CompleteMonster: Maman is a FauxAffablyEvil gangster who lures children to his safehouse with promises of a happy and welcoming orphanage. In reality, he is training them to become beggars whose profits go solely to him. He truly crosses the MoralEventHorizon when he [[spoiler: blinds young children with a demonstrated singing talent to garner sympathy from tourists and maximize profit.]] When Latika is left behind by Salim and Jamal as they run away from him, Maman [[spoiler: grooms and decorates Latika to be a child prostitute, planning to sell her virginity to the highest bidder.]]

* AdaptationDisplacement: You bet your ass that re-releases of ''[[Literature/QAndA Q & A]]'' feature ''Slumdog Millionaire'' much more prominently than the original title.

* SugarWiki/CrowningMusicOfAwesome: A.R.Rahman, India's leading composer, explores a great variety of music in the film, both traditional and modern, sometimes [[XMeetsY even a mixture]]. The result? One hell of a soundtrack.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Jamal pretending to be a tour guide.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: "I live at [[YouFailGeographyForever Loch Big Ben]], right next to [[SeanConnery Sean Connery's]] flat"

* TheWoobie: Jamal. Because after seeing [[IncrediblyLamePun how much crap he's gone through]], you can't help but want to give him a big hug.

* {{Complete Monster}}s: Any thug that appears in the movie, including the kidnappers and the guy that blinds kids so that they can rake in more money.

* InformedFlaw: Jamal's supposed lack of education and knowledge as a slumdog is lampshaded so many times, despite all evidence to the contrary it goes beyond BookDumb into this. (heck, with their smarts the brothers could get jobs working in the {{Bollywood}} equivalent of a spy film. Or an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's Kim)
** Knowledge and intelligence are two different things. That's likely the ''point''. And remember, no one expects much from a "slumdog". Neither brother is dumb, but everyone thinks they are unless they prove otherwise.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When we first meet Jamal, he's trying to catch a ball playing cricket. Salim is yelling at him to catch it, then Jamal fails from no fault of his own. Salim yells at him. They high five a few seconds later.
* FanDisservice: Jamal gets a ShirtlessScene...Hanging upside down and being tortured for cheating (when he's not).

* ShownTheirWork: The movie star in the beginning who Jamal gets an autograph from is played by a double of the actual actor. Both the real actor and double sign with their left hand. The director mentions it in the commentary.
* WhenSheSmiles: It's one of the earliest, most memorable shots in the film, and it's not given context until about two-thirds through.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: [[spoiler: The kidnapped children being blinded in order to make them better beggars.]]

** [[YourMileageMayVary Knowledge and intelligence are two different things.]] That's likely the ''point''. And remember, no one expects much from a "slumdog". Neither brother is dumb, but everyone thinks they are unless they prove otherwise.

* AdaptationDisplacement: You bet your ass that re-releases of ''[[QAndA Q & A]]'' feature ''Slumdog Millionaire'' much more prominently than the original title.

** [[YourMileageMayVary Knowledge and intelligence are two different things.]] That's likely the ''point''.

* SugarWiki/CrowningMusicOfAwesome: A.R.Rahman, India's leading composer, explores a great variety of music in the film, both traditional and modern, sometimes [[XMeetsY even a mixture]]. The result? [[BetterThanItSounds One hell of a soundtrack]].

* EarWorm: "JAI HO! (''[[GratuitousSpanish Baila, baila!]]'')". The equally Oscar-nominated [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHUQht1HRmY O... Saya]]" (featuring M.I.A) as well.

** [[YourMileageMayVary Knowledge and intelligence are two different things.]]

* NauseaFuel: How to leave a bathroom with only two exits, a jammed door and... guess it.

* {{Complete Monster}}s: The kidnappers.

* TearJerker: The ending. But in a ''good'' way.

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: The kidnapped children being blinded in order to make them better beggars.]]