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Price of Milk, The
Lot 47 Films
MPAA 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)
| GENRE(S): |
Romance
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Harry Sinclair
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Harry Sinclair
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: November 26, 2002
Video: November 26, 2002
Theatrical: February 16, 2001
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| RUNNING TIME: |
90 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
New Zealand |
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...
80
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.
80
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Manages to be innocent, physically passionate, earnestly romantic and self-deprecatingly funny, all at once.
80
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Like nothing else that's played in months.
75
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.
70
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.
70
Variety
David Rooney
Full of surreal occurrences and bizarre, sometimes overly precious humor that may make it too rarefied an exercise for wide acceptance.
60
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.
58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
This journey is clunkily rendered, clouded by an avalanche of murky symbolism.
50
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
A modern-day fable about love and commitment — it's different.
50
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.
50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Fairy-tale-like musing on true love in cynical times.
50
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.
40
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.
33
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.
30
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
This sort of thing is the problem with making stuff up as you go along.
30
New York Magazine
Peter Rainer
Gets points for oddness. Excellence is another matter.
30
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.
25
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
A whimsical modern fairy tale.
25
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.
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