MILLIONS
A delightful Christian comedy about generosity, greed, and what matters.
Should You Watch It?
MILLIONS is a rare family comedy that trusts children with serious questions. Two brothers find thousands of pounds, then reveal two very different hearts: one wants to give the money away, while the other wants to use it for personal advantage. The result is funny, fantastical, and morally searching.
The film’s Christian message is strong. It honors generosity and compassion while exposing greed’s power to distort people. Its Catholic Christian worldview is not free of problems, and the story includes material that calls for parental discernment. Still, the movie offers a valuable example of love lived out.
If your family can discuss imperfect portrayals of faith while receiving the film’s central moral challenge, this is worth seeing together.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESAfter their mother’s death, brothers Anthony and Damien move with their father to a new subdivision in northwest England. Damien, seven, sees famous saints and believes they guide him, while Anthony, nine, thinks practically and dreams of getting ahead.
Then a bag of money crashes into Damien’s cardboard playhouse near the train tracks. Damien sees it as a sign from God and wants to help people in need. Anthony has other plans. Soon, the brothers realize the money is stolen—and that a thief is coming after it.
Is It Any Good?
Four stars means this is a delightful, accomplished family film. It is provocatively written, well directed, and brilliantly acted, with humor and fantasy supporting its dramatic moral questions.
The story’s allegorical quality gives the adventure weight without losing its accessibility. The brothers’ contrasting responses to money make the film engaging while keeping its focus on the value of generosity, compassion, and the important things in life.
The Worldview
MILLIONS presents a strong Catholic Christian worldview. It exalts generosity and compassion while speaking clearly against greed. Damien’s faith shapes his choices, and the film treats love for people in need as more valuable than wealth or status.
The movie’s Christian message is marred by cohabitation and some theologically problematic elements. Its fantastic treatment of saints and its handling of a miracle require discernment. Even so, the film’s central moral vision remains clear: money reveals what people love, and compassion is a better guide than self-interest.
The story’s deepest question is not how much money someone can possess, but what kind of person that money makes them. Jesus said, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
Strong Catholic Christian worldview with fantastic elements, extolling generosity and compassion for others and speaking against greed, marred by cohabitation, some theologically problematic elements, and a scene in which St. Peter minimizes one of Christ’s miracles; one profanity and two obscenities; very limited violence in a police chase against thieves, frightening scenes of thief stalking boy, and boy shaken by thief; cohabitation, kissing and boy finds widower father in bed with father’s girlfriend; boys find website selling female underwear and discuss breasts; Clare of Assisi smokes cigarette; and, bank robbery, lying to hide money, father defends his unbelief, boy has visions of dead saints, and various children and role models give into greed instead of acting with compassion.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
Damien wants to use unexpected wealth to help people in need. What does generosity look like in our family when we have more than enough?
2 Corinthians 9:7 · 1 Timothy 6:17–19Anthony sees money as a way to gain influence and buy what he wants. What can money reveal about what we value most?
Matthew 6:19–21The brothers respond differently to the same temptation. How can we help one another choose compassion over self-interest?
Philippians 2:3–4 · 1 John 3:17–18The story includes saints and fantastic elements. How should we test what we see and hear against God’s truth?
1 Thessalonians 5:21 · 1 John 4:1The Final Word
MILLIONS gives families a funny, heartfelt way to think about greed, generosity, and compassion. Its faith elements are imperfect, but its central moral challenge is valuable. For families ready to use discernment, this is WORTH THE TRIP.
