I had fairly high hopes for the film "Millions Like Us" as it sounded an interesting idea on paper. Sadly, the final results didn't live up to my expectations.
The whole thing appears to have been filmed by a bunch of amateurs as the film lacks depth and technical ability. All those film sets that represent exteriors only rob the film of any kind of scale.
In the leading role, Patricia Roc is alright but not exactly outstanding. She can't project much in the way of strength in her performance and comes across as being a whiny schoolgirl who craves attention. Although Gordon Jackson is billed second in the cast, he doesn't enter the film until half way and has little to do. The same is true of Basil Radford. He isn't part of the plot and is completely wasted.
The one performance I did enjoy, was that of Moore Marriott as the father of the family in question. He is mainly in the earlier portion of this movie but he is the one to remember.
Occasionally, there are flashes of mild interest. Eric Portman and Anne Crawford have a couple of tense sequences together and manage to perk the proceedings somewhat.
Not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination.
Review of Millions Like Us
