The White Tiger has already earned international critical acclaim, and many call him the “anti-Slumdog millionaire.”
David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote in his review: “The pain of lower-class retribution does not rival that of, say, Parasite, but the film thrives on the same latent rage of the have-nots, stemming from a inflexible system in a dangerously unbalanced world. You could almost consider yourself the anti-Slumdog millionaire. “
While Variety’s Owen Gleiberman said the film is “like Slumdog Millionaire with more reality.” “The White Tiger is a story about beating the highest odds, and for much of the film, Bahrani is in boisterous, full dominance as a storyteller. It captures how a society is embodied in its smallest interactions: how a rival pilot Balram must first defeat becomes vulnerable by having to hide his Muslim faith; or the parasitic cynicism of the servants that Balram shares accommodation within a parking lot; or the ruthless elitism of the stork and its family, “reads an excerpt from the review.
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