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Key Features:
Grief, Brothers, Moral dilemma, Found money, Coming-of-age, Catholicism, Business ethics, Child protagonists
Tone:
humorous, earnest, whimsical
Target Audience:
Families, Faith-based viewers, Feel-good movie fans
Emotional Arc:
Loss → Hope

Millions

2004-04-29
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Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the United Kingdom switches its official currency to the Euro. What's a kid to do?

Genres
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Cast
Alex Etel, Lewis McGibbon, James Nesbitt, Daisy Donovan, Christopher Fulford, Enzo Cilenti, Alun Armstrong, Jane Hogarth, Pearce Quigley, Nasser Memarzia
Crew
Danny Boyle, Frank Cottrell Boyce
Rating
6.4(399 votes)
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