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6.4/10 • 379

2004-04-291h 38m

ComedyCrimeDramaFamily

Can anyone be truly good?

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?

Directors
Danny Boyle
Writters
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Editors
Chris Gill

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Alex Etel

    Alex Etel

    Damian

  2. Lewis McGibbon

    Lewis McGibbon

    Anthony

  3. James Nesbitt

    James Nesbitt

    Ronnie

  4. Daisy Donovan

    Daisy Donovan

    Dorothy

  5. Christopher Fulford

    Christopher Fulford

    The Man

  6. Enzo Cilenti

    Enzo Cilenti

    St Francis

  7. Alun Armstrong

    Alun Armstrong

    Saint Peter

  8. Jane Hogarth

    Jane Hogarth

    Maureen

  9. Pearce Quigley

    Pearce Quigley

    Community Policeman

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CinemaSerf

Aug 7, 2023

7/10

Alex Etel is really quite good in this daft tale of, almost literally, manna from heaven. It's the day before the UK joins the Euro (so, yes - it's a fantasy/horror story depending on your perspective) and from the sky falls a bag of used twenties. Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth. Now he ("Damian") and his pal "Anthony" (Lewis McGibbon) are honest sort of lads - though not take it to the police station sort of honest - and they decide that they can become the benefactors for some people and institutions who need a bit of help. Clearly, though - they can't distribute it all in time, so they gradually start to include their friends and family in the disposal of their largess and that's when the story starts to take on a more critical aspect. We see humanity in many of it's guises emanating when lucre is involved - and some of that behaviour isn't so charming. The writing is often quite pithily amusing - the young lad has an habit of talking to saints, to whom he attributes his windfall, and writer Frank Cottrell Boyce quite cleverly uses this innocence and generosity of spirit to create a template for a look at just how we react when money is the raison d'être - too little, too much, sharing, hoarding, stealing... This is a well delivered testament to the acting talents of the two youngsters and to a bit of amusing, though-provoking, writing that I would not say is especially memorable - but it is enjoyable.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$7,500,000.00
Revenue
$11,782,282.00
Keywords
robberybeheadingmiraclehallucinationstolen moneymaterialismliverpool, englanddrug usemarijuanaapparitionanimated scenecatholicmormonsaintschristmasmother son relationshipbrother brother relationship