Slumdog Millionaire (spoiler alert, sort of)

I saw Slumdog Millionaire a couple months ago and I still can't decide what I think of it. I was a little annoyed by the music at times, but I enjoyed the scenery and poverty-specific themes that are often hard to find in major American cinema. Overall I would recommend the film to most people, but I feel like it's vey commercial in an interesting way... While the film is somewhat emotional, it lacks a certain soul, possibly because of the constant time shifts, but also maybe because for all its originality it remains formulaic in the end.