I got all excited about the movie “Millions” based on this review by Frederica and this trailer, only to find out that it isn’t playing anywhere near me. Drat! Someone has to go see this. In fact, a lot of Christians have to go see it, because it sounds like the kind of movie that just doesn’t come out of Hollywood very often.

The young boy, Damian, is a child who loves the saints, and talks about them enthusiastically, annoying his older brother, and confusing his teacher and schoolmates. But Damian also sees the saints. They’re apt to appear suddenly and casually, and begin chatting with him as if resuming a conversation. Damian is sitting in his fort in the field when suddenly a woman in a nun’s habit, with a lined face and a down-to-earth manner, appears next to him. He recognizes her immediately: “Clare of Assisi, 1193-1253!” Clare talks with him in a friendly way, puffing on a cigarette and sending up smoke rings.

But besides that, I really think I’d like it. So someone has to go see it because vicarious movie enjoyment is better than none.