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Year:	2004
Country of origin:	UK
Director:	Danny Boyle
Genre:	Family fantasy drama
Starring:	Alex Etel, Lewis McGibbon, James Nesbitt, Daisy Donovan
Rating:	4/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366777/
Tagline:	Can anyone be truly good?
Favourite line:	I thought it was from God. Who else would have that kind of money?

Danny Boyle's warm hearted family fantasy is a pleasant enough watch.

In the days running up to the UK switching from Sterling to Euro a small boy, playing in his den next to a railway track, is startled when a bag is thrown from a passing train, even more so when he opens it to reveal hundreds of thousands of pounds. Unusre what to do, he asks his older brother who informs him to tell no-one, not even their Dad, and we follow them as they do all they can to spend the cash before it becomes worthless. Inevitably, though, the adults find out, and must attempt to exchange the money into Euro's without arousing suspicion, particularly with the police sniffing around looking for the missing loot, the result of a botched robbery.

The direction is engaging and pacey, always on the move, keeping the interest levels high, even when the story begins to sag a little towards the end.
As ever with Boyle we have great use of music on show, the score and incidental music adding life to even the humdrum moments, but the real gem here is the young boy, Alex Etel, who turns in an astonishingly convincing performance. It has to be said that the presence of children in any movie normally sets me all a-shudder, but here there was no reason for concern.
Engaging, witty, and with a good heart, this is a movie that will leave you feeling all warm and fuzzy for a little while after it has ended.
Which is nice.
Occasionally.
Maybe once every six months.
Well, a year.
Perhaps two.....