Movie Review: Millions
Apr 24th, 2008 by admin
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Genre: Crime/Drama/Family/Adventure
- Year: 2004
After having had a rather heavy load of films on my list, this movie came as a breath of fresh air. Light, spirited and inspiring, this pleasant film serves as a good counter point to the more disturbing subject matters I often find in the films I have been watching of late. This film also is a rather different view of director Danny Boyle whom I have loved ever since Trainspotting. Both “Shallow Grave” and “28 Days Later” left a big impression of me, so I was truly looking forward to watching this film.
The story is relatively simple. Just before the switch of to the Euro, a group of thieves pull off a perfect plan to steal some Pounds. When one of those bags falls on Damian’s cardboard fort, the highly religious, saint obsessed child assumes it was a gift from God. His brother Anthony, is less naive, but regardless of their difference in point of view, they both agree that something must be done with the money, since there is only 12 days left to spend it before it becomes worthless. Morals and ethics are tested, when one brother wants to give it to charity, the other wants to spend it, and there is a thief trying to recover the money before it is too late.
A number of tools were utilized in this story that I found rather innovative. I found the editing to be quite sharp, quick paced and clever. And I loved the fact that finally I have found a movie that used Muse in their soundtrack…I was begining to think something was really wrong with the world. Good acting (yes, even from the child actors), good directing, good editing and an entertaining plot…there is really no way you can go wrong with this movie.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Notes: Pretty much a family film, safe for most kids to watch, though the accent may make it difficult to understand.
Quote: Damian Cunningham: [voiceover] The French have said au revoir to the franc, the Germans have said auf wiedersehen to the mark, and the Portuguese have said… whatever to their thing.