This is Danny Boyle's latest film and it is different from his previous work. Most of his other films have a very dark tone but this one is more of a family film. The main story surrounds two young brothers whose mother had died recently. They have just moved to a new house in a new neighborhood with their father. They are very different children. The older brother is very pragmatic and knows how to be a con man. He acts tough on the outside but is hurting deeply on the inside. Damien the younger boy is obsessed with the lives of saints. He has their lives and deaths memorized in only the way an absolutely obsessed child can. The story's time period is not known exactly but it takes place in the not too distant future. It's about a week before the UK abandons the Pound Sterling for the Euro.
Their lives seem to be moving along as normally as possible until a bag of money falls from the sky. One boy wants to spend it to buy stuff and friends. The other boy wants to give it to the poor and make good come of it. When the money turns out to be stolen and the owners want it back the plot thickens.
RATING: 3.5/5