“Slumdog Millionaire” is…

(a) Danny Boyle’s “comeback” after the horrible sci-fi mishmash known as “Sunshine.”
(b) The best film of the year.
(c) A gritty yet, at the same time, overly syrupy tale about orphaned brothers and a fellow social outcast girl they encounter. As the years pass, Dickensian turns fate take the star-crossed trio out of the slum and into a world were a zombie virus has claimed untold millions. Featuring an extended framing device set around a legendary “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” match, the protagonist struggles to earn enough money to win the love of his life and seek a cure to India’s crippling rage virus. 
(d) Trite and overrated as a rags-to-riches stories go (really, this is just a average retelling of “Oliver Twist”) but rather well made and, at times, heartfelt in comparison to similarly themed and stylized “City of God.”

Answer: NOT A, B, or C.

Grade: A, B, C or D?
Answer: B