The Price of Milk

Name: The Price of Milk
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
Released: February 16, 2001
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 49
Cast: Danielle Cormack, Karl Urban

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Lot 47 Films | Release Date: February 16, 2001 | PG-13

Starring: Danielle Cormack, Karl Urban

Summary: A film about a man, a woman, and 327 cows. (New Zealand Film Commission)

Director: Harry Sinclair

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 87 min

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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

Stephen Hunter

Like nothing else that's played in months. Read full review

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

Jami Bernard

A modern-day fable about love and commitment — it's different.

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.

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.

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

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May 11, 2012

A modern love fable set in rural New Zealand. Beautifully filmed with music by various Russian composers, which adds to the surreal composition of this unconventional film. Lucinda, worrying about the love between she and Rob, decides to put Rob through a series of tests. When things getA modern love fable set in rural New Zealand. Beautifully filmed with music by various Russian composers, which adds to the surreal composition of this unconventional film. Lucinda, worrying about the love between she and Rob, decides to put Rob through a series of tests. When things get out-of-hand (don't they always), Lucinda is determined to correct the mistakes before she loses her one true love. If it seems a bit choppy with some rough edges - it might be due to a very low budget and director Sinclair's preference for having only outline scripts and filling-in as they go. Somehow it seems to work.… Expand

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Paper_Kay

Feb 9, 2021

It's really weird and I really liked it. Hard to compare it to anything else, though I have to say, I am not that familiar with the rest of NZ films.

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