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Price of Milk, The

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 19 critic reviews
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Based on 2 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Romance
Written by: Harry Sinclair
Directed by: Harry Sinclair
Release Date:
Theatrical: February 16, 2001
DVD: November 26, 2002
Running Time: 90 minutes, Color
Origin: New Zealand
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for drug use and sensuality/nudity
Starring Danielle Cormack, Karl Urban, Willa O'Neill, Michael Lawrence, and Rangi Motu
A film about a man, a woman, and 327 cows. (New Zealand Film Commission)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Village Voice Edward Crouse
A shaggy, appealing parable involving two lovers, some gorgeous heifers, gentle Maori gangster-golfers, and a dilapidated suitcase packed with used baby shoes, The Price of Milk throws itself onto the magic-realist sword with aplomb.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
Manages to be innocent, physically passionate, earnestly romantic and self-deprecatingly funny, all at once.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
The Price of Milk, which boasts a lush classical score recorded by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, has a few more twists that make this a Valentine's Day delight.
Los Angeles Times John Anderson
It's weird, wacky territory you enter in The Price of Milk, and we don't just mean New Zealand.
Read Full Review >Variety David Rooney
Full of surreal occurrences and bizarre, sometimes overly precious humor that may make it too rarefied an exercise for wide acceptance.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Easily one of the oddest romantic comedies since "My New Gun." It's also one of the most visually inventive, and if its charms very nearly defy description, it's nonetheless irresistible.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak
This journey is clunkily rendered, clouded by an avalanche of murky symbolism.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
A modern-day fable about love and commitment it's different.
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
This rich, gorgeous music and the wistful pastoral scenes create a rhapsodic mood that the rest of the film doesn't really sustain.
Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
Fairy-tale-like musing on true love in cynical times.
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
There is a place for whimsy and magic realism, and that place may not be on a cow farm in New Zealand.
Read Full Review >Film.com Tom Keogh
In the tradition of "Sunrise" and "Eyes Wide Shut," crises set the characters on a kind of dreamy, nocturnal journey through chaos and fear.
Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy
The trouble is that it's so lead-footed and delighted with itself even as bit after bit sinks like a lead weight.
Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson
This sort of thing is the problem with making stuff up as you go along.
Read Full Review >New York Magazine Peter Rainer
Gets points for oddness. Excellence is another matter.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
The guiding philosophy of The Price of Milk seems to be that if you throw something on the screen and call it a fairy tale, it has to mean something. But it doesn't.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
If a mildly magical story is what you're after, it'll be worth the price of admission. Otherwise save your milk money for something more substantial.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Joe S. gave it a6:
It was good if you want an interesting, even visually enjoyable story. But as far as moviemaking goes, it was somewhat below average. The score was absolutley terrible-- seemed to just imitate what they think movies "are supposed to sound like". There is more to scoring a movie than "getting some good-sounding orchestra". But it is enjoyable to watch and that chick is really hot. [One serious flaw is that the creators rely on the viewer to "accept" certain things, rather than taking on their responsibility to make the _movie_ do the work.]
