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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 MediaNotes/CarnegieMedal.

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, Damian and 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.

The film, despite a young cast and a bright aesthetic, deals with some fairly heavy issues; greed, religion, grief, altruism, morality and the cynicism of adulthood.

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!!''Millions'' shows examples of the following tropes:

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Explored.
** TruthInTelevision, in the case of the production: On the DVDCommentary, Boyle recalls having difficulty with the young leads because they hadn't experienced anything as devastating as the loss of a parent to draw on for their performances.
* 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. Also averted with the Mormons.
* FailedFutureForecast: The entire movie's premise of Britain's conversion to the Euro didn't bode well due to both the country's stubborn maintenance of the pound and the crisis over Britain's exit from the European Union due to a controversial referendum in TheNewTens.
* AMacGuffinFullOfMoney: The movie's about a 7-year-old boy who finds a duffel bag full of money, and what he and his brother do with it.
* MacGuffinTitle: The titular AMacGuffinFullOfMoney referenced in the OneWordTitle.
* 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.
* NeverTrustATitle: The bag of money actually "only" contains £229,520, but there's a TitleDrop when the brothers go through it and think it contains millions.
* OneWordTitle: The titular AMacGuffinFullOfMoney referenced, with ''Millions''.
* ProductPlacement: The primary school playground has a Coca-Cola machine on it, which actually isn't allowed in primary schools in the UK.
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