Based on 314 votes and 70 reviews.
Very authentic movie! Dev Patel and Anupam Ker are great!
First class movie , we were riveted to our seats, as was everyone else in the cinema. Well acted well made, brutal in its honesty....highly recommended.
Too Good, everyone should watch!!
Excellent movie!!!! Ignore the 1 star politically motivated ratings.
Excellent movie depicting the truth. Learn to accept truth instead of Trying to label it racist. It is like saying you are a racist for condemning ISIS terrorists or the KKK. Unfortunately the people who are giving it one star are doing so because they think it is depicting Muslims and Islam I a bad light. You cannot ignore the truth. The terrorists were bad Muslims just like ISIS terrorists who killed millions of innocents. That does not mean the makers of this movie are racist or trying to depict all Muslims in a bad light. Otherwise movie would not be allowed to release in Canada.
The film maker interviewed many eye witnesses & survivors to get many of the scenes accurate as possible. Some of the lead characters were composites of two or more characters & actions of them. So what are you 1 star idiots wining about? In order to not leave the theater totally depressed after 2 hours of suspense & carnage, 1 scene was changed - Only the Baby & Nanny survived. All-in-all, the movie accurately depicted the events as they unfolded. By slandering the film you minimize the heroics by every day people(hotel staff) in the selfless acts performed by them to protect the guests. The film doesn't candy-coat the reality of how a beautiful day can turn into your worse nightmare. Film-making perfection. Saw it 3 times. Dev Patels portrayal of human kindness in spite of all the adversity around him is one of the most memorable scenes. Award worthy. Also - as I understand it, some of the staff had escaped the hotel but went back in to help. This is the reason that inspired the film.
This movie should be required watching for all adults over 18. Such an important movie about the pure evil of Islamic terrorism and how the young can be completely brainwashed into slaughtering innocent people. Extremely disturbing and depressing but a truth that people must face.
In this day and age, it is imperative that people be informed about the world around them, this was a well written and well acted movie. I admire the effort and work that went into making this movie without bias, it was informative, it was tragic, and it showed very bad people as well as very good people in a situation where individuals can choose to be one or the other.
Those who are attacking the movie because they have Muslim friends or because they read the Koran are misled. The radical ideology is not in the Koran or those who follow it, it's in the interpretations of the imams that came after the Prophet Mohamed and those who follow it like ISIS. Readings from these interpretations are never mentioned nor handed out free at street corners.
Excellent!! Academy Award worthy! I was in Mumbai a few years after the attack and Mumbai was still reeling from the horror. This movie was an upsetting yet poignant portrayal of what happened.