millions

Millions
$14.98
I can't figure out whether this movie is for kids or adults, so I'll say it's for thoughtful/mature children and childlike adults. It's a beautiful story of a kid who finds a huge bag of British pounds. What happens to the money is laced with humor and quirky adventure. The child is young enough to have a pure heart and still know right from wrong. I would say the major theme of the film is money and its effect on people. Sub-themes include dealing with the death of a mother, Christmas, Saints, and moving.
The movie is fairly clean. There is some brief mild language and cleavage. Two young boys look closely at woman in a bra on the internet in a non-hormonal manner. There are some scarey parts too.
The portrayal of Mormons by the filmmakers is pretty silly. They did have a kid in a wheelchair as an extra--nice to see the diversity!

Saint Ralph
$14.94
Because the "Saintly" Ralph antics made me look back on my own Catholic upbringing, I appreciated the film more because of it. I don't quite remember having the guts to hand it out to the priests like Ralph, but there were certainly times I resented priestly authority enough to wish I had. Ralph tells it like it is, and won't let anyone, including the controlling "head master" of his Catholic school, break him down. His will power and determination formulate the essence of this film. His questions and refusal to "conform" are inspirational. The strong love he feels for his mother is transparent. I laughed and I cried, and knew when my borrowed movie was returned that I would have to order my own copy from Amazon. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful movie...don't miss it.

Millions (Full-Screen Edition)
$14.98
I can't figure out whether this movie is for kids or adults, so I'll say it's for thoughtful/mature children and childlike adults. It's a beautiful story of a kid who finds a huge bag of British pounds. What happens to the money is laced with humor and quirky adventure. The child is young enough to have a pure heart and still know right from wrong. I would say the major theme of the film is money and its effect on people. Sub-themes include dealing with the death of a mother, Christmas, Saints, and moving.
The movie is fairly clean. There is some brief mild language and cleavage. Two young boys look closely at woman in a bra on the internet in a non-hormonal manner. There are some scarey parts too.
The portrayal of Mormons by the filmmakers is pretty silly. They did have a kid in a wheelchair as an extra--nice to see the diversity!

Millions
$14.95
Here's the basic plot: A pack of money-grabbing, extremely rich and attractive relatives (the Ferretti's) are trying to take over their ailing uncle's industrial empire.
The pack is led by Maurizio Ferretti (played brilliantly by Billy Zane), a rich, very savy and attractive million dollar playboy...his main goal is to take over the family's million dollar business while his Uncle Leo is dying in a hospital somewhere. And how does he plan on doing this? Black-mailing his father, sleeping w/ numerous women (for pleasure AND to get what he wants, of course) and being an all around money hungry, scheming jerk!
Lauren Hutton plays Cristina, Uncle Leo's estranged wife who seems to be the only one staying at his bedside...
Carol Alt plays the beautiful (...)/wild child/bad seed niece who can't seem to keep her clothes on or get her life on track...and Alexandra Paul plays the promiscuous, (...), seductive, cold-hearted sister in-law. The plot is okay, but aside from the characters listed above, the acting [is bad]. And even though this movie was released in 1991, the bad hair and fashion looks like something out of a late 80's movie.
Lauren Hutton looks ravishing, Billy Zane is extra-yummy, and Carol Alt is extremely pretty...even Alexandra Paul (known for the flat-chested plain jane Lt. Stephanie Holden on Baywatch) gets into the seductive-(...)-queen role rather well.
But nothing can save the cheap quality, chessy (...) soundtrack, blah acting, and bad ending. If you have a hour or so to kill and don't mind seeing Billy Zane sleep w/ a bunch of women, including his cousin, his sister in law, and his dad's mistress or watching a bunch of rich spoiled people plot, whine, and (...) each other - then go ahead and pick this one up. I guess it can't hurt, call it a guilty pleasure.