In Great Britain, the phrase “three-day millionaire” refers to sailors who spend their entire wages from their last voyage over the weekend. Fishermen Curly (James Burrows) and Budgie (Sam Glen) feel like “three-day millionaires” after working for weeks at sea on the last remaining trawler in the port town of Grimsby. Back home, the two friends and their buddy Codge want to party hard for three days. But then they discover that their wages haven't been paid and their employer Barr (Colm Meaney) has sold the docks to a group of investors. So, in the face of the collapse of the British fishing industry and the resulting rationalization, the three underdogs do everything they can to save their jobs, their friends, and above all, their lifestyle. And they do so by pulling off the biggest heist Grimsby has ever seen... "At which point, 'Three Day Millionaire' begins to look like 'The Full Monty' or 'Brassed Off': another bittersweet British comedy about the bottom falling out of industry, leaving communities adrift and male identity in crisis. [...] What’s missing is a sense of what’s at stake – we never quite get a feeling for how desperate these men are, and for the most part they feel a bit too familiar from the Britcom playbook. That said, Burrows brings cheeky-chappie warmth to the character of Curly." (Cath Clarke, in: The Guardian)