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- 2020
- TV-14
- HBO
- 2020
- TV-14
- HBO
Summary The six-part documentary series looks into how a security auditor exploited the McDonald's Monopoly game for over a decade, stealing $24 million in cash and prizes.
- 2020
- TV-14
- HBO
- 2020
- TV-14
- HBO
McMillions
Season 1 Premiere: Feb 3, 2020
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6.5
Summary The six-part documentary series looks into how a security auditor exploited the McDonald's Monopoly game for over a decade, stealing $24 million in cash and prizes.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
71
72% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
28% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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McMillions proves that truth is stranger, and more entertaining, than fiction.
The mindful storytellers carefully shift tones, sucking viewers into an outlandish story before driving home its substantive impact. Even knowing the ending, it’s hard to tell exactly how the docuseries will wrap things up in the back-half, but there’s plenty of great work present — in the structure and the story — to eagerly anticipate more.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 28 User Ratings
6.5
54% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 28 User Ratings
6.5
54% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
36% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
11% Negative
3 Ratings
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This was riveting from start to finish. Best thing on HBO right now. Truth is truly stranger than fiction. How could anyone make this stuff up. Its unbelievable and it so entertaining!!!!
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HBO made a good documentary is practically a pleonasm. The rhythm of the episodes is good, the director manages to extract a lot of those involved in the fact that involved McDonald's, really worth watching.
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If you’ve ever wondered why you never won more than free french fries while playing Monopoly, you’ll want to watch this docuseries.
The first three episodes of "McMillion$" unpack the incredible story of the McDonald's Monopoly scam with flair, even if the shape and contours of the series are familiar.
While it’s not entirely successful, the directing team’s approach is certainly skillful, and McMillions is definitely a fun watch.
It is the characters who carry the series, which is remarkably unstylish in execution and rushes through parts of the investigation where you might have preferred it to linger, and lingers where you might have preferred it to pick up the pace a little.
The film seems uncertain how to handle the bounty of both incident and of peculiar humanity that flows out of its story. The pacing, for instance, forces the viewer to hurry up and wait. .... The film leans hard on artless devices, including a predilection for re-enactment that feels like something out of “America’s Most Wanted.” ... [The people in “McMillions”] deserved more serious consideration.
Compelling story that was gripping throughout, excluding a few parts that lingered towards the end. Some hidden beautiful cinematography and great characters that make for an experience more enjoyable than I anticipated when i first clicked play on my Hulu homepage.
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A poorly made documentary where the subject matter is far more interesting than the execution of the production. Watch the first episode and you will be treated to a few interviews and needless reenactments of office work. This feels really stretched out and I doubt it should have been a series. Probably could have been an hour and a half documentary.
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I found it to be well produced and entertaining, but I don’t think anybody in this documentary has an IQ over 60. Unfortunately that includes the FBI.
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Good subject matter for a documentary that most people are familiar with. Didn't need to be a mini-series though, the series isn't that complex and didn't need that much exposition. The end result is incredibly drawn out, slow paced, and boring.
Interviews jump around too much, I personally don't care about every aspect of every loosely related person's personal life. A lot of the subject matter covered in the documentary was mostly unrelated to the scandal which led to my quick disinterest in the documentary. The re-enactments were over-dramatic and drawn out, I also thought it was lazy that they re-enacted parts they could've acquired photos or footage from.
Overall the documentary is incredibly boring, contains a lot of unnecessary fluff, and drawn out to pad the time. If you care about this case, it's better to just watch a YouTube video on it.
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Production Company:
- FunMeter
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- Unrealistic Ideas
Initial Release Date: Feb 3, 2020
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
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Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 5 Nominations
Television Critics Association Awards
• 1 Nomination
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
• 1 Nomination