Price of Milk (Ws)

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This lovely and utterly unique film is truly a cinematic fairy tale, with not only the sweetness of fairy tales but their strange and malicious side as well. Lucinda (Danielle Cormack, Topless Women Talk About Their Lives) fears that the spark has gone out of her romance with Rob (Karl Urban, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers), a milk farmer in lush New Zealand. A treacherous friend advises Lucinda to test her beloved's love, but the tests lead to the loss of their cows and possibly all hope for true love. The Price of Milk abounds with surreal touches (like an agoraphobic dog who wears a cardboard box and a family of magical golfing Maori) and events that may not make rational sense, but are absolutely perfect nonetheless. A wonderful film with an adorable cast. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

What do we do with all those shoes?.......2007-02-09

This is a very unusual movie, full of quirky characters and surreal circumstances. I think this movie is more akin to the French movie "Amelie" than "Like water for Choclate" as one reviwer suggested. The movie is totaly refreshing and, for me, I like it even better on second viewing. I especially like the allegory of Lucinda hoarding up all the baby shoes in her suitcase. Sometimes we treasure some things so much that we forget what they really mean to us.

Bizarre yet compelling.......2006-06-14

I have to admit, the first time I saw this movie I hated it. It sat on my shelf smugly staring at me, mocking my lack of appreciation. A few months later, I popped it in and a miracle occured - I finally "got" it! Since this time, I wasn't expecting "The Price of Milk" to fit into the typical romantic comedy mold, I was able to appreciate its own weird magic. Later, I read an article about the movie that said that the director basically made up the plot as he went along. All the pieces were finally starting to fall into place! Seriously, "The Price of Milk" is very surreal and also very sweet. In sum, a young couple live on a dairy farm and seem to have the perfect relationship. It takes a literal run-in with a strange woman to reveal the underlying problems between the couple. The movie asks: How much is true love worth? Is it worth giving up your most important possession? The cast is great, especially Karl Urban, who I love with an obsessive, semi-stalker kind of passion. "The Price of Milk" is definitely an acquired taste but, take my word for it, it does improve with time. Enjoy!

A Fairy Tale Romance with a Twist.......2006-01-10

Once i began to think of it as a "real-life fairy tale" i was able to really enjoy it.... think of it as symbolic and not realistic. So artistic, creative and sweet, it will be one of my favorites for a long time.

Quirky Fun.......2005-01-12

Friends recommended The Price of Milk, with caution. "Wierd", "strange", "remember it's a fairy tale."

Well, I absolutely L-O-V-E love this movie. Not only do we get to see the usually serious KARL URBAN, (Bourne Supremacy, Chronicles of Riddick, Lord of the Rings) being cute, silly and romantic, but we get a smart, quirky, beautifully visual film as well.

The sound track is STUNNING and I purchased it immediately.

Watch this film and escape from the real world for awhile. You won't be disappointed.

Charming.......2005-01-01

I could throw some adjectives at this movie, but I doubt it would work. It's as if Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Jane Campion had a dairy-based love child and put it on Prozac.

If you are not currently in a happy relationship, watch with caution.

The commentary track is of the 'crawl inside the filmmaker's head' variety (as opposed to the 'look at our special effects' variety).

Other points:
Full of Russian orchestra music!
Karl Urban has been added to my Amazon wishlist, but they say he's backordered. He's like a dimply funny R. Feinnes.
Agoraphobic dog in a box!
Quilting!
Character named after fruit flies!

Average customer rating:

What do we do with all those shoes?
Bizarre yet compelling
A Fairy Tale Romance with a Twist
Quirky Fun
Charming

The Price of Milk
Starring: Danielle Cormack , Karl Urban , Willa O'Neill , Michael Lawrence , and Rangi Motu
Director: Harry Sinclair (II)
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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