 Anthony Lane of the "New Yorker" stated, "There is a mismatch here.Boyle and his team, headed by the director of photography, Anthony Dod Mantle, clearly believe that a city like Mumbai, with its shifting skyline and a population of more than fifteen million, is as ripe for storytelling as Dickens's London [...] At the same time, the story they chose is sheer fantasy, not in its glancing details but in its emotional momentum.How else could Boyle get away with assembling his cast for a Bollywood dance number, at a railroad station, over the closing credits?