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Millions
Fox Searchlight Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG for thematic elements, language, some peril and mild sensuality
Starring
Alexander Nathan Etel,
Lewis Owen McGibbon,
James Nesbitt,
Daisy Donovan,
and
Christopher Fulford
A heartwarming story of two little boys, faith, miracles...and lots of money. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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Crime
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Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Frank Cottrell Boyce
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Danny Boyle
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: November 1, 2005
Video: November 1, 2005
Theatrical: March 11, 2005
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| RUNNING TIME: |
98 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
UK / USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A family film of limitless imagination and surprising joy.

100
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
Utterly enchanting.

91
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
This sincere, delicate, and intrinsically religious comedy may also become that most unexpected of blessings - Danny Boyle's first family classic.

90
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
The near-miracle worked by Mr. Boyle, whose exuberant style brings several saints to scruffy life, is a movie that's joyously funny and hugely inventive -- occasionally to the point of preciousness -- yet true to the spirit of the saintly little kid at its center.
90
Dallas Observer
Robert Wilonsky
It's vibrant and verdant and heartbreakingly inviting, begging you to escape into a lovely tale in which children, through a simple act of faith, find their own heaven on earth.

88
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Leaves you feeling rich - and richly satisfied.

88
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
One of the more delightful and satisfying family movies.

83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
The film is thriller, comedy and rite-of-passage story, but Boyle never loses sight of what's at its core.

80
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
The most gleeful movie about a single-minded kid since "A Christmas Story."

80
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Witty, sweet and charming but never sappy, the movie joins the heady company of such extraordinary child-centered movies as "The 400 Blows," "My Life as a Dog" and "Au Revoir Les Enfants."

80
LA Weekly
Chuck Wilson
Millions is an intelligent children’s film that may prove to be a guilty pleasure for adults.

80
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
A heartfelt, emotionally delicate children's movie about life and death and all the parts in between.

80
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Despite being a pure fantasy that relishes not making literal sense, Millions retains a conviction about what it's doing that makes us believe and enjoy.

80
Film Threat
Pete Vonder Haar
Millions is that rarest of creatures: a family film - one of surprising warmth – that won't have adults reaching for an airsick bag.

80
Empire
Adam Smith
Millions, like all kid-powered movies, stands or falls in the first place on the performances of its child actors, and Alex Etel and Lewis McGibbon both delight.

80
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
The movie, though quite funny in parts, turns organically dark, and it refuses to paint a picture of a cotton-candy world. It prefers the real one.

78
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
It's childhood done just right: part cotton candy angels, part gurning adult frighteners, and all wide-eyed kidhood bravado.

75
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
You really don't need to borrow someone else's kids to ponder and enjoy what Millions has to offer.

75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
You never know what to expect from Boyle, and that goes triple in this offbeat comedy drama. It's a movie about family that family viewers will find good, quirky fun.

75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
It's an uplifting motion picture that will bring smiles to faces, and Boyle's trademark irreverence keeps the feel-good experience from becoming too saccharine.

75
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
This is a family movie in the best sense; it plays to children without talking down and to their parents without pandering. Mostly, it's just good fun.

70
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
This cheeky fable rests on the slender shoulders of Etel and McGibbon, and the lovely, natural performances Boyle elicits from them are the film's real miracle.

70
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
A sweet little picture with a sense of humor as well as a mission. If money can't buy you love, at least it can buy you 90 minutes of warmth.

70
Variety
Derek Elley
Maintains a bankable charm and innocence even when overdrawn on the special effects side.

70
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Tasha Robinson
A little broad comedy keeps things perky, but the kids' excellent, restrained acting and the low-key script by "The Claim" screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce hold the whole sprawling project together, from weepy revelations to silly fantasy-saint sequences.

63
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Starts as sweetly impossible and ends as impossibly sweet.

63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
The film is small-scale, cleverly crafted and feels like a more expensive version of the sort of "dramedy" they produce by the truckload at the BBC.

63
USA Today
Mike Clark
Mostly avoids being cloying but flirts with being precious. Yet Boyle is enough of a stylist to make it all passable. It's one of those films for which fans and detractors can see the others' viewpoint.

63
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Give Boyce and Boyle credit for daring to be strange, but this enchilada is so overstuffed, it's falling apart.

60
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
By avoiding sentimentality, Millions emerges as a simple tale told with sympathy for a child's point of view.

50
Village Voice
Ed Park
Danny Boyle's Millions is not what we'd expect from the "Trainspotting" and "28 Days Later" director. It's essentially a gentle, kid's-eye parable.

50
The New Yorker
David Denby
We're supposed to be overwhelmed by magic, but what we see is fancy film technique and a lot of strained whimsy.

50
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
And the movie, likable for short stretches, ends up seeming worn and frayed, like Christmas decorations left hanging until spring.


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