Catholic News Service 's Harry Forbes wrote, "Boyle's offbeat tale — with a clever script by Frank-Cottrell Boyce — features good performances all around, especially by the remarkable Etel, who displays just the right innocence and religious fervor in delightful vignettes with the saints. The script dramatizes the themes of money and its complexities and the need for societal philanthropy without being heavy-handed, making this ideal entertainment for older adolescents and up." [10] Dawtrey, Adam. "Phantom scribe gets BIFA nom". Variety. Archived from the original on 28 June 2006 . Retrieved 29 July 2012. Richard Roeper, Roger Ebert's co-host on the television show Ebert & Roeper, called it "One of the most stylish and eccentric films about childhood dreams and heartbreaks that I've ever seen." Cottrell-Boyce has won two major British awards for children's books, the 2004 Carnegie Medal for Millions, which originated as a film script, and the 2012 Guardian Prize for The Unforgotten Coat, which was commissioned by a charity. [3] [4] Personal life [ edit ]

Sister Rose Pacatte, F.S.P. (AmericanCatholic.org) commented, " Millions engages, inspires and is just quirky enough to be charming." She added, "Damien's familiarity with the saints and his recitation of their biographies is accurate and very funny." [11] Alison Flood (24 October 2012). "Frank Cottrell Boyce wins Guardian children's fiction prize". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 24 October 2012. British Independent Film Awards – 2005". Archived from the original on 8 October 2007 . Retrieved 19 October 2007. Emden International Film Festival – 2005". Archived from the original on 20 January 2007 . Retrieved 19 October 2007. Johnathan Wooten of Christian Spotlight on Entertainment downplayed the significance, saying, "Those concerned about objectionable content will not find much to offend here though. There is very little violence (a short robbery scene, a very brief moment of a child in peril). Sexual content includes a glimpse of an unmarried couple in bed together as well as pre-pubescent boy viewing an Internet lingerie ad. When played out the latter scene actually has a strange wholesomeness to it considering his other viewing options. The only profanity is some mild British slang." [12] Accolades [ edit ]When the novel begins, Damian, Anthony, and their father have moved into a brand new house in a new neighborhood following the death of their mother. Both brothers handle their mother’s death differently. Damian turns to faith, specifically to an interest in the host of saints that populate Heaven, and Anthony turns inward, pretending to outwardly be dealing with the death of his mother well. Inside, he is heartbroken. That night, Damian’s house is surrounded by hundreds of people who have heard that the family has so much money, and that Damian and Anthony have been so free with it. Damian is both saddened and frustrated at how much people are obsessed with money –whether they truly need it or not –and so brings the money to the railroad to burn it. The police arrive in response to the masses of people, so the man with the glass eye is powerless to do anything.

Frank Cottrell-Boyce [1] (born 23 September 1959) [2] is an English screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, known for his children's fiction and for his collaborations with film director Michael Winterbottom. He has achieved fame as the writer for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony and for sequels to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car, a children's classic by Ian Fleming. [3]

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a b Martin Wainwright (18 June 2012). "Cosmic professor". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 29 July 2012. He met Denise Cottrell, a fellow Keble undergraduate, and they married in Keble College chapel. Together they have seven children. [9] He is also a patron of the Insight Film Festival, [10] a biennial, interfaith festival held in Manchester, UK, to make positive contributions to understanding, respect and community cohesion. [11] The dreary prospect of spending a lifetime making caskets instead of wonderful inventions prompts a young orphan to snatch up his little sister and flee. Where? To the circus, of course.

There are obvious parallels to be drawn with Boyle's first film Shallow Grave, (reviewed here) which also tells the story of a group of friends who find a mysterious surplus of cash, and the morals of what to do with it.Cottrell-Boyce was made an Honorary Doctor of Literature at Edge Hill University on 16 July 2013. [26] In 2014, Cottrell-Boyce wrote an episode of Doctor Who, titled " In the Forest of the Night". He also wrote the second episode of the tenth series, " Smile". [27] In September 2015, Cottrell-Boyce held the keynote speech at the Children´s and Young Adult Program of the 15th Berlin International Literature Festival. [28]