Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway

Name: Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway
Genre: Documentary

Play trailer

2025

47m

Documentary

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

Tomatometer

4 Reviews

Popcornmeter

0 Ratings

In an audacious plot, designed to expose how big banks and credit finance companies profit from the most vulnerable in society, actor and activist Michael Sheen uses his own money to buy £1m of debt, and then writes that debt off.

Rebecca Nicholson

Guardian

Sheen’s documentary provides a decent, moving and clear explanation of the injustice. It also shows that action is powerful, as is his pure belief that the system can be changed.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 19, 2025

Full Review

Anita Singh

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Sheen is aware that this is all a tremendous gimmick, because what he’s doing here is drawing attention to the unfairness of people on the lowest incomes being charged the highest interest.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 15, 2025

Full Review

Alison Rowat

The Herald (Scotland)

A tremendous guddle of a programme wrapped in the best of intentions and dotted with stats.

Mar 20, 2025

Full Review

Stephen Smith

Observer (UK)

This is an exposé that carries the audience along with it, despite digressions about abstruse financial instruments.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 17, 2025

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Paul Taylor

Director

Michael Sheen

Self

Michael Sheen

Executive Producer

Colette Foster

Executive Producer

Catherine Welton

Executive Producer

View more photos

Synopsis

Director: Paul Taylor
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 47m

Email not verified

Let's keep in touch!

Sign up for the Rotten Tomatoes newsletter to get weekly updates on:

Let's keep in touch!

Sign up for the Rotten Tomatoes newsletter to get weekly updates on:

Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway

Critics Reviews

My Rating

Cast & Crew

Photos