History Film / Millions

* AnAesop: A pretty specific one, too. The charity featured in the film is a [[http://www.wateraid.org real one]] that the film actively promoted by donating money to rather than giving the crew t-shirts and the like.

* FailedFutureForecast: Entire movie's premise of Britain's conversion to Euro didn't bode well due to both the country's stubborn maintenance of pound currency and the crisis over Britain's exit from European Union due to a controversial referendum in TheNewTens.

A 2004 comedy-drama film directed by Creator/DannyBoyle. Children's author Creator/FrankCottrellBoyce, who wrote the screenplay, also adapted it into a novel published prior to the film's release, which won the 2004 UsefulNotes/CarnegieMedal.

A 2004 comedy-drama film directed by Creator/DannyBoyle (''Film/ShallowGrave'', ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'', ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''). Children's author Creator/FrankCottrellBoyce, who wrote the screenplay, also adapted it into a novel published prior to the film's release, which won the 2004 UsefulNotes/CarnegieMedal.

A 2004 comedy-drama film directed by Creator/DannyBoyle (''Film/ShallowGrave'', ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'', ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''). Children's author Creator/FrankCottrellBoyce, who wrote the screenplay, also adapted it into a novel published prior to the film's release.

* ChristianityIsCatholic: An unusual example, as Damian is the only explicitly religious character, but doesn't go to church. His interest in the saints, however, suggests that he's probably had a Catholic upbringing.
** And averted with the Mormons.

It's something of an understatement to say that ''Millions'' was a [[MoodWhiplash noticeable diversion]] in Boyle's career, as it's (ostensibly) a kids' movie with strong religious themes. The story concerns a young boy named Damian (Creator/AlexEtel), who recently lost his mother. He daydreams about the Saints in a cardboard castle. When a train robbery results in a falling bag of cash landing near him, Damianand his older brother Anthony (Lewis [=McGibbon=]) have to decide what to do with it. Anthony wants to spend it on luxuries for himself, while Damian wants to use it to help the poor. As the plot moves forward, the boys' widowed father (Creator/JamesNesbitt) and the train robber (Christopher Fulford) looking for his missing loot get involved.

* TheGreatPoliticalMessUp: Entire movie's premise of Britain's conversion to Euro didn't bode well due to both the country's stubborn maintenance of pound currency and the crisis over Britain's exit from European Union due to a controversial referendum in TheNewTens.

A 2004 comedy-drama film directed by Creator/DannyBoyle (''Film/ShallowGrave'', ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'', ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''). Children's author Frank Cottrell Boyce, who wrote the screenplay, also adapted it into a novel published prior to the film's release.

It's something of an understatement to say that ''Millions'' was a [[MoodWhiplash noticeable diversion]] in Boyle's career, as it's (ostensibly) a kids' movie with strong religious themes. The story concerns a young boy named Damian (Alex Etel), who recently lost his mother. He daydreams about the Saints in a cardboard castle. When a train robbery results in a falling bag of cash landing near him, Damianand his older brother Anthony (Lewis [=McGibbon=]) have to decide what to do with it. Anthony wants to spend it on luxuries for himself, while Damian wants to use it to help the poor. As the plot moves forward, the boys' widowed father (James Nesbitt) and the train robber (Christopher Fulford) looking for his missing loot get involved.

A 2004 comedy-drama film directed by Creator/DannyBoyle (''Film/ShallowGrave'', ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'', ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''). Children's author William Cottrell Boyce, who wrote the screenplay, also adapted it into a novel published prior to the film's release.

* TheGreatPoliticalMessUp: Entire movie didn't bode well with England's ongoing use of pounds as currency along with controversy over Britain's exit from European Union in TheNewTens.

So it's something of an understatement to say that ''Millions'' was a [[MoodWhiplash noticeable diversion]] in his career, as it's (ostensibly) a Kid's movie with strong Religious themes. The story concerns a young boy, Damian, who recently lost his mother. He daydreams about the Saints in a cardboard castle. When a train robbery results in a falling bag of cash landing near him, he and his older brother, Anthony, have to decide what to do with it. Anthony wants to spend it on luxuries for himself. Damian wants to use it to help the poor. As the plot moves forward, Anthony and Damian's widowed father and the train robber looking for his missing loot get involved.

A 2004 comedy-drama film directed by Creator/DannyBoyle (''Film/ShallowGrave'', ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'', ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'').

'''''Millions''''' is a 2004 film by Creator/DannyBoyle. Danny Boyle was, up until that point, known for ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'', ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', and to a lesser extent, ''Shallow Grave''.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: From the offset, it seems that the saints are little more than projections of Damien's imagination. Then they start doing things that suggest they may actually be genuine saints after all.