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The Price of Milk

The Price of Milk

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: DELIGHTFUL STORY
Review: "The Price Of Milk" is a delightful modern day fairy tale. Karl Urban and Danielle Cormack deliver outstanding performances as the hero and heroine of our delightful story. Willa O'Neill is charming as the villan. This is a most see/own movie.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A charming fairy tale
Review: "The Price Of Milk", a charming, quirky modern day fairy tale for adults set in the beautiful green rolling hills of rural North Island New Zealand, teaches the age old lesson (in a easy going, pleasant way) that sacrifice holds the key to love.

Shot in a magic realistic style that is somewhat reminiscent of "Like Water For Chocolate" and some of Brunel's more lyrical works, "The Price Of Milk" is a fun, quirky, symbollic film that blurs the lines between dream time and waking.

The actors are charming and utterly believable as is the mysterious "Mrs. Jackson", an Indian trickster that drives the narrative.

"The Price Of Milk" is a fine love letter to all couples. We must all give up something to keep together. This is a small, quiet film to love and cherish.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Price of Milk
Review: 30 Second Bottom Line: A woman who is engaged to be married decides to test her relationship because it seems too perfect. As things start to unravel, her efforts to turn the clock back prove more than a little difficult.

Story Line: Lucinda and Rob (Danielle Cormack and Karl Urban) are a very happy couple who can make love with passion either in their bedroom or in an open pasture. Their eyes light up when they see each other and when Lucinda accepts Rob's proposal of marriage, both are rapturous.

The setting is a dairy farm in the lush New Zealand countryside. Understanding that this romantic comedy is a fable helps to get in the right frame of mind for the events that are about to occur. Two things help us make that transition early on in the film. One is that Rob has a dog with agoraphobia (fear of being in public places). The dog runs around under a cardboard box, which totally covers him up. No holes for the eyes or anything like that mind you. I knew I was hooked when Rob scratched the box and I was oddly touched and willing to accept it. The other is that Rob is so attached to his herd of 117 milk cows that he recognizes them by their "voices." He greets them by their unique number, "Hello # 87, how are you today?" Lucinda and Rob live in a thrown together cottage, with little furniture; but it has a surprising magical quality, felt later in the story. Their one beautiful possession is a patchwork quilt they sleep under.

The Price of Milk allows us to reflect on personal situations where we knew that 1) it was either too good to be true, or 2) that since nothing lasts forever, the expression "this too shall pass," applies to good things as well as bad. While you may think that it's as good as it gets, it could actually get better, if you only leave it alone!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of my favorite movies ever
Review: And with a yummy-licious lead actor. One of the greatest things about this movie is the way it was made. Director Harry Sinclair (Isildur from Lord of the Rings) picked some music. Then he found a location. Then he got his actors. And they made up the script as they went along-but you can't tell! The actors are so wonderful that they were able to go along with whatever Sinclair wanted, and still make it work. Absolutely lovely location, perfect music, and a great story. The characters are awesome-two young lovers (Karl Urban-sigh, wonderful man-see him as Eomer in LOTR) who are off their rockers, an agorophobic dog (one of the best parts), a gang of giant Maori faries, etc and so forth. Its set in a valley where magical things happen, and you most likely will need to watch it several times. But thats okay, because besides the great New Zealand accents, you will be laughing, crying, and hoping for a fairy tale ending. (Note, one person called it the Princess Bride on acid, and I do believe that was accurate-its utterly fantastical)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: a top 10 all time actresses' performance by Danielle Cormack
Review: Danielle cormack is brilliant in this movie. She plays a sweet, but naive character; that you can't help falling in love with. The movie is a unique & original way to tell a simple story. Danielles' character has a girlfriend who wants danielles characters husband for herself. She manipulates Danielles character into some bad relationship decisions, by convincing her they will spice up her relationship with her husband. This leads to some funny sequences, and a nice approach to a romantic comedy. Danielles' performace makes it a terrific love story.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: An Acid Trip
Review: First I have to say.....I rented this because it was getting such great reviews from everyone else who watched it. And I honestly can't see why they thought it was so great. It didn't impress me all that much. It was okay; not horrible. But I would think if I were ever on an acid trip, this film is what it would be like. Somewhere between them doing dishes in the bathtub and her collection of baby shoes, I got extremely confused as to how everything really fit together. Which is too bad, because all the actors did a fairly good job with what they were given. Three out of Five stars is what this film gets from me. Its okay, but don't get your heart set on something spectacular.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Quirky Fun
Review: 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.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: the price of milk
Review: Hello Eveybody, I want to tell you about the price of milk. I heard about the price of milk. It is a brilliant movie. It is a wonderful movie. I believe It is a great good story. I am sure Grade A+.

But, I still did not get the price of milk (VHS or DVD). I still have not heard about it...from Amazon.com...not yet. Because They do not have it.. not yet.

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Price of Milk
Review: Hello, I wanted to talk you about The Price Of Milk. I still heard about it. It is the wonderful movie.

But, I always search for The Price of Milk...VHS and DVD too.

I only hope If you have it. Please, email to me back anytime. I will wait to hear from you.

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I will wait to hear from you.

From
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Charming
Review: 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!



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