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Millions

Genre-hopping director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) makes this family drama something they rarely are: tough, funny and delightfully strange. When two British brothers find a bag full of money, they grapple with the issues of charity and guilt that ensue. Acting newcomer Alex Etel, as a 7-year-old who receives regular visits from various saints, has a naturalism that helps anchor the movie’s whimsy, making Millions partly a fairy tale, partly a parable and thoroughly enjoyable.

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