>>>he kept slipping into his natural british accent which is
>>odd
>>>for a kid from the slums in india,
>>
>>you wouldn't notice it unless you knew he was british.
>
>its not about whether you know hes british or not, its about
>him failing to hide his original accent. if youre acting as
>someone whos from the slums in mumbai, then you need to get
>the right accent, and do it convincingly, and not slip out of
>it. you cant do it half arsed.
>

you mean like Kate Winslet's german accent in The Reading? (she did a good american accent though in Revolutionary Road)

i mean seriously. i've heard a lot worse.

nobody is screaming about his accent but you. he did well enough, not being a native. it was suffice.

>>> and bizarre facial
>>>contortions during the game show im guessing were meant to
>>>show his awkwardness but they just looked like someone
>>>desperately trying to convey something but didnt know what
>>>that was.
>>
>>his expressions conveyed what he was thinking and feeling,
>>whether it was about Latika, reliving memories of his
>>childhood the movie pretty much pointed that out. it was
>>pretty straight-forward...
>
>he looked constipated. in a variety of ways.
>

yeah, long lost loves will constipate you...lol

but seriously,

he looked how he was supposed to look in the scenes that demanded it.


>>>other than that, i still liked this film, for the
>>>most part.
>>
>>dev did good, man.
>
>he didnt deserve a bafta nomination for his performance
>though. the kids who acted as him and his brother when they
>were younger were in much more of the film and they deserved
>to get nominated much more than he did.

agreed here.

award-winning performance from Dev? no. Dev did a good job for the role though. if anything Freida was the weakest link. All she did was look pretty.

the best actor was little Salim, followed by little Jamal. Little Salim showed a range of emotions of caring brother, jokester, young killer/gangster in the making, etc.