Review of McMillions

If you're a fan of documentaries about crime cases this one is certainly worth watching. The whole McDonalds Monopoly scam made world news so you might have heard of it if you passed a certain age. What I liked about this six episode long documentary was the lightness it has been told. A slow paced story told, with some humour, by almost everybody involved. That is the criminals, the agents of the FBI, the prosecutor, and even unaware innocent victims. Maybe a bit too slow for some, as this story could easily be told in a movie, but I liked it that they were so accurate about almost everything. Special agent Doug Mathews is definitely not the kind of person you would expect when you think about the FBI. You don't want him on your case, that's for sure. The documentary is well edited, good interviews, and a craving to watch more as every episode ends with a cliffhanger. Surpised by the outcome though, and I mean the sentences, which I found very low, certainly for American standards, as this scam duped millions of people that ate one hamburger too much in the hope of winning the jackpot that could change their lives. Not me though, as I never ate at McDonalds, not in the past, not now and not in the future.