Millions (2004, GBR/USA) C-98m. *** D: Danny Boyle. Starring Alex Etel, Lewis McGibbon, James Nesbitt, Daisy Donovan, Christopher Fulford. Quite an unlikely follow-up to Boyle's own 28 DAYS LATER… (2002), this is set in suburban England, where a little boy, who has just moved to a new neighborhood with his father and brother, finds a suitcase full of money just before Christmas. With only days before the British pound switches to the Euro (fictionally only!), rendering the bills useless, the boys have to make up their minds fast what to do with the money. Interesting, telling examination of morals and religious implications, done in the same inimitable style as Boyle's A LIFE LESS ORDINARY (1997). Good score by John Murphy.


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