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?
Direction
Boyle's kinetic energy collides with childhood wonder—pure alchemy
Acting
Alex Etel's Damian: the most convincing saint-obsessed 7-year-old ever
Cinematography
Liverpool suburbs as luminous spiritual battleground
Director
Danny Boyle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Danny Boyle filmed during the actual 2002 Euro currency transition, capturing real British anxiety about losing the pound. The 'MILLIONS' graffiti was unscripted production design.
Screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce later became the first children's laureate from Liverpool—this film's working-class Catholic guilt runs deep in his bones.
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