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- HBO
- Feb 3, 2020
- HBO
- Feb 3, 2020
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.
- HBO
- Feb 3, 2020
- HBO
- Feb 3, 2020
Summary The six-part documentary series looks into how a security auditor exploited the McDonald's Monopoly game for over a decade, stealing $24 million in cash and prizes.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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72% Positive
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McMillions proves that truth is stranger, and more entertaining, than fiction.
The mindful storytellers carefully shift tones, sucking viewers into an outlandish story before driving home its substantive impact. Even knowing the ending, it’s hard to tell exactly how the docuseries will wrap things up in the back-half, but there’s plenty of great work present — in the structure and the story — to eagerly anticipate more.
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If you’ve ever wondered why you never won more than free french fries while playing Monopoly, you’ll want to watch this docuseries.
The first three episodes of "McMillion$" 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.