Britain is switching from Pounds to Euros. A gang of thieves rob a train loaded with the old money to be incinerated. One of the bags of money falls into Damian (Alex Etel)'s playhouse. He's obsessed with religious saints and has fantasies. He's moved into a new house with his older brother Anthony and father after the death of his mother. Then a creepy man (Christopher Fulford) comes looking for the money.I love the fantastical style that Danny Boyle puts into this. It's backed up by a heart warming story and a very cute Alex Etel. The boy's innocence is adorable and heartbreaking. The saints are such a wonderful and unusual touch. It's a family movie that doesn't play down to the kids. It is funny and packed with interesting ideas.

Danny Boyle won the Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire, and proves with this comedy that he is not a one hit wonder. Damian(Alex Etel), a seven year old boy from a devout Catholic family has moved to the suburbs with his father and brother after his mother dies. The two boys build a hut outside of their house near railroad tracks. One day, a train passing by drops a bag filled with money. Anthony is selfish, and has many ideas on how to spend the cash, while Damian is an altruist, who wishes to help the poor. He overhears three Mormon missionaries preaching about values and the importance of not worshiping money. He believes they need help and so he stuffs some cash through the letterbox in the door.The kid is a little saint, doing good by taking homeless guys for pizza and buying birds at a pet store and letting them fly free. His brother, Anthony, meanwhile, pays off classmates at school to be bodyguards and invests in real estate; a regular Donald Trump. The boys hear of the conversion from the pound to the euro, so they step up the distribution of the money. They put $1,000 pounds into a donation box at school, and when caught, say that they stole it from the Mormons. The money turns out to be from a bank robbery and the thieves track it down to the kids house. They tear apart the place looking for the cash and the boys father is not thrilled. The last part of Millions is sentimental, but the overall feel is so endearing, it can be forgiven; Boyle's heart is in the right place and Alex Etel is astounding as Damian. Just sit back in wonder at a director with soul.

thought that this was a great human feel good story. those two little boys did a remarkable job with it, the story goes like this,, a boy playing outside his house happens to get lucky when a bag is tossed out of a train,, unbeknownst to him at first it has over a quarter million pounds in it, well at first he doesn't know what to do with it, so he shows it to his older brother, then they come up with a few ideas for the money, one being to give away some of the money to the poor.. along the way the meet several characters,, "saints" , like Francis of Assisi, and so on and so forth, you see their mother is dead so they are really trying to find their mother, but as the movie goes on having all of this money leads to chaos and more problems for the boys, as they start getting people following them and pretending to be their friends,, soon they realize that having all of this money does more harm than good,, all in all i liked this movie very much,, i was surprised to find out that Danny Boyle from 28 days later had directed this one,, congratulations Danny on a job well done.

Danny Boyle is back yet again with something different and imaginative. Though 'Millions' centers around a 7 year old child, this isn't merely a children's film. The message is quite universal but this isn't some propaganda piece where the message is nailed to the viewers head. It is splendidly told through a wonderful story.In a nutshell, the story's about a little boy who is coping with the death of his mother and talking to saints when one day a huge duffel bag filled with money finally finds him. Now what's the boy going to do with it? He tells his brother. Now what's the brother going to do with it? After following the saints' advice, the little boy gives money to those he thinks needs them. Now what do they do with the money? Boyle is known to pay attention to all aspects of his films and thus the execution is top notch. Here too we are given some dazzling visuals (the English neighborhood looks amazing), lively cinematography, flowing soundtrack and sharp editing. The performances are first rate. The cast includes familiar actors like James Nesbitt and Daisy Donovan but the real star is young Alex Etel. This little actor beautifully underplays his part. He doesn't try to be cute (which is what you see the annoying young stars do) but rather acts the way a child should. In addition, Lewis McGibbon too is good as his older brother.'Millions' has heart and the moral of the story strongly applies to today's society. It is a fantasy mystery satire that demonstrates the greed excessive money can create hinting how the more money creates contributes to corruption. Boyle has another winner.