ORIGINAL TITLEMillions
GENREChildren's comedy-drama · Fantasy · Crime
ABOUT THIS FILM
RUNTIME
97 min
FAMOUS QUOTE
“God doesn't rob banks, all right? God does not rob banks.”
Vibe
childlikespiritualkineticBritishgenerousquirkygrief-tingedplayfulethicalfantastical
Seven-year-old Damian finds a bag of stolen money shortly before Christmas and a fictional British currency conversion, while his brother wants to spend it and Damian wants to help others. Child's-eye ethics of money, grief, saints and generosity; christmas as a deadline and moral context rather than a decorative theme.
MOVIE NIGHT RANK
#53 of 100
Watch for
- Damian's visions of saints
- Anthony Dod Mantle's kinetic photography
- the brothers' opposing ideas about money
- grief for their mother beneath the caper
Production notes
British Council lists Boyle, screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce, cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, editor Chris Gill and composer John Murphy; Pathé handled international sales.
Trivia
- Danny Boyle directed
- Frank Cottrell Boyce wrote
- British Council lists 97 minutes
- Anthony Dod Mantle photographed it
- Pathé handled international sales
Legacy
unusual family entry in Boyle's career; the screenplay and Cottrell Boyce novel fed each other; remains a thoughtful British family-film discovery.