This was a well-done feel-good movie although it was kind of corny and predictable. I think the difference is the Indian setting and storyline. If this had been set in the U.S., it would have gone straight to DVD. However it is our curiosity about a culture that we only know through Customer Service and mass media stereotypes that puts this movie over the top. It shouldn't win a Best Picture award, but it has won over our hearts and should make us think more about the travails of children of the slave trade.