Millions: A Lottery Story (2006)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Paul La Blanc

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

A documentary about six different people with several million things in common.

Plot:

Follows the lives of a diverse group of people, all of whom have won multi-million dollar lottery jackpots.

Plot Keywords:

Nashville Tennessee | Florida | Luck | Money | Farm

Cast

Phylis Breth	...	Herself
Susan Breth	...	Herself
Louis Eisenberg	...	Himself
Donna Lange	...	Herself
Barb Nelson	...	Herself
Curtis Sharp	...	Himself

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Holdingford, Minnesota, USA

Company:

LanternEye Productions

Beautiful and moving

This is a really interesting and different kind of documentary. If you're looking for a feature length episode of MTV Cribs with a lot of bling and flashy cars or a solid gold doghouse, you should probably look elsewhere. Instead, this is a more leisurely paced and deeper look at the lives of a few lottery winners, some recent, some who won 20 years ago and spent their way through it all. It's fascinating to see the effect that wining the money had on these very average Joes and Janes. Rather than hitting you over the head, the movie is more multi-layered and rich in subtext. There's a lot going on under the surface. I thought it was happy, sad, funny and tragic, sometimes all at once. All in all a beautifully done documentary that makes you think. I think fans of Errol Morris and documentaries like Gray Gardens and Salesman will really enjoy this.