How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024)
★★★★½ — How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024)
Pat Boonnitipat's debut feature arrived through Bangkok-based GDH 559, one of Thailand's most commercially reliable studios (responsible for a string of local hits across comedy, romance, and drama over the past two decades). Made on a budget of around one million dollars, the film went on to gross over seventy million dollars worldwide, becoming one of the most surprising international breakout successes of 2024 and earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Putthipong Assaratanakul, known primarily as a pop star and model before this, took on the lead role in what became a significant dramatic turn for him. The film arrived during a modest but notable resurgence of Thai cinema finding wider audiences abroad, following in the footsteps of earlier GDH productions that had built loyal regional followings across Southeast Asia.
A-Z World Movie Tour Thailand How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies is a quietly devastating, deeply human Thai film that sneaks up on you with warmth, humour, and an emotional punch that lingers long after the credits roll. At first, it sounds like a cynical premise: M, a struggling young man desperate for money, decides to move in and care for his terminally ill grandmother, not out of love, but in hopes of landing in her will. But what begins as selfishness slowly transforms into something far more profound: a genuine, tender connection between two people who barely knew each other. The film is beautifully paced, never rushing the quiet moments that matter most, the shared meals, the awkward silences, the small acts of care that build trust. M’s grandmother, played with quiet dignity and sly humour, isn’t a saint or a burden; she’s real, stubborn, wise, funny, flawed. And as their bond deepens, so does the film’s exploration of family, regret, forgiveness, and what it truly means to be there for someone at the end. It’s not manipulative or overly sentimental. In fact, its honesty is what makes it so powerful. You laugh, you cry, and you see pieces of your own family in theirs. The final act hits with the weight of truth, life doesn’t always give you a second chance, but it does give you time, if you choose to use it right. Heartfelt, authentic, and unforgettable. A beautiful reminder that the things we chase aren’t nearly as valuable as the people we already have.
Rating: ★★★★½ | Year: 2024 | Watched: 2025-09-11
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