 Plot: The switch of the of British Pounds to Euros in the UK in seven days give criminals a chance for the biggest train robbery of money on its way to be incinerated. But one of the bags falls, literally, from the sky on Damian's playhouse, a 5-year old given to talking to saints. The boy then starts seeing what the world and the people around in it are made of. A very rare film in which ethics, being human and the soul all come to the forefront on this masterly-written, directed and acted, fun, film. Don't miss this opportunity to your train to heaven!
Amazon.com Review: Millions wears its heart on its sleeve, and it wears it well. Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the United Kingdom switches its official currency to the Euro. What's a kid to do? Director Danny Boyle takes a simple premise and, with the help of Frank Cottrell Boyce's sweet, smart script, finds something special to say about the hopes everyone has for the future of a changing world. Brothers Anthony and Damian have vastly different agendas for the stash, and then have to deal not only with the money's original thief but with the disarming woman who seems to be stealing their widowed father. The film is full of quirks that work--seven-year-old Damian (an endearing Alex Etel) has private conversations with a collection of eclectic religious saints--and a technically spirited way of commingling both the scary realities and fanciful imaginings of young minds. --Steve Wiecking BabyU Review: This was a sweet movie that my older two children (5 & 9) really enjoyed. It's one of those movies that you pop a big bowl of popcorn and all pile onto the couch to watch together as a family. It's especially refreshing that there is no violence and there is an obvious moral to the story. Purchase Millions at Amazon.com |
