80
Millions is an intelligent children’s film that may prove to be a guilty pleasure for adults.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
75
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
You never know what to expect from Boyle, and that goes triple in this offbeat comedy drama. It's a movie about family that family viewers will find good, quirky fun.
70
Maintains a bankable charm and innocence even when overdrawn on the special effects side.
50
Danny Boyle's Millions is not what we'd expect from the "Trainspotting" and "28 Days Later" director. It's essentially a gentle, kid's-eye parable.
75
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
It's an uplifting motion picture that will bring smiles to faces, and Boyle's trademark irreverence keeps the feel-good experience from becoming too saccharine.
80
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
Despite being a pure fantasy that relishes not making literal sense, Millions retains a conviction about what it's doing that makes us believe and enjoy.
60
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
By avoiding sentimentality, Millions emerges as a simple tale told with sympathy for a child's point of view.
91
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
This sincere, delicate, and intrinsically religious comedy may also become that most unexpected of blessings - Danny Boyle's first family classic.
80
The New York Times by Manohla Dargis
A heartfelt, emotionally delicate children's movie about life and death and all the parts in between.
70
The A.V. Club by Tasha Robinson
A little broad comedy keeps things perky, but the kids' excellent, restrained acting and the low-key script by "The Claim" screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce hold the whole sprawling project together, from weepy revelations to silly fantasy-saint sequences.