Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

areatw I'm flabbergasted by the many positive reviews that this film has received. Danny Boyle is a skilled filmmaker, but everything about 'Millions', from the acting to the script, came across completely amateurish to me.I could talk about the implausible plot and terrible acting (which was identical to the acting you get in a school play) all day, but what irritated me most about this film was how it thought it was saying something smart. Apparently this was a film about 'ethics, being human and the soul'. Do me a favour!On a side note, what a relief it is that the UK didn't abandon its currency for the doomed euro. I think even pro-EU Boyle would be happy that his premonition didn't come true!

treeline1 As the story opens, we meet brothers Damian and Anthony, who have just lost their mother. The family moves to a new house to begin life without her, and Damian finds a big bag full of cash. This sounds like a dream come true, but in two weeks' time, England will switch to Euros and the Pound will be worthless. The boys have to come up with creative ways to spend the money (before a very scary man finds it and them).This is a sweet and uplifting movie and I enjoyed it a lot. Damian and Anthony are likable and real, cute without being cutesy. Danny Boyle directed the 2004 film and gave it a just the right amount of heart with a clever script. Damian is an innocent, religious little boy who often "sees" and talks to various saints; these scenes are witty and not disrespectful.This is a warm film the whole family will enjoy and it made me wonder what I would do with a bagful of cash.

gbee30 The fact that Slumdog Millionaire is getting so much attention makes you wonder what happened when Millions was released why it didn't get as much attention. It is by far for me, Danny Boyle's best film and one that always puts a lump in my throat and a warm feeling in my heart. Most likely it came from the marketing of the film when it was released which is why not many people know of it or seen it (I think it should be re-released due to the attention Slumdog is getting).This is why I don't understand is how this movie hasn't yet become a Christmas classic. Like "It's a Wonderful Life", it isn't consciously a Christmas movie but everything about about it revolves around themes and ideas that reflect what Christmas is all about. And it does so smartly and ambiguously that the ending is so uplifting that it renews your faith in the human spirit very much like the ending of "It's a Wonderful Life". As well there are Christmas references throughout the movie. A shame it is overlooked ...

Martin Bradley This magical, phantasmagorial feel-good movie really ought not to work but it does, and beautifully. It's certainly Danny Boyle's best film since "Trainspotting". Alex Etel and Lewis McGibbon are the children whose discovery of a bag of money from a, not the, great train robbery has a somewhat traumatic effect on their somewhat humdrum lives. At first it's a case of spend, spend, spend, certainly by the older boy, Anthony, or give, give, give in the case of Damian, the younger one whose sleeping and waking moments are filled with visions of the saints. Their foolhardy behaviour soon draws the attention of both the authorities and one of the villains and their problems are further exacerbated by the fact that they only have a few days to get rid of the lolly before Britain converts to the Euro.This is a sweet movie but it isn't a cloying one. At its centre is a truly wonderful performance from Alex Etel as Damian, acting as if he believed every minute of it, (and banishing our doubts in the process). It helps, too, that the film has a very solid script by Frank Cottrell Boyce that blends fantasy and realism so seamlessly. It's funny and it's moving and the old chestnut of the dead mother paying one last visit to her children is handled without sentimentality. A credit to all concerned.