I can understand why this film was selected as the best film of 2008. It is at the same time harsh and heartwarming. The scenes in the slums of Bombay are such a contrast from what most of us in the United States are used to that they are hard to watch without wanting to do something to help those poor children. What a hellish world those children and adults have to live in everyday. The performance by Dev Patel was outstanding as the young man who grew up in the slums and then triumphed on the TV quiz show.