Milk Money (1994)

Young Frank and his pals get an idea for the ultimate in excitement. They decide to pool their savings, bicycle to the nearby Big City, and hire some woman of the streets to strip for them.... See full summary »

Director:

Richard Benjamin

Writer:

John Mattson

Stars:

Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris, Michael Patrick Carter

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Melanie Griffith	...	V
Ed Harris	...	Tom Wheeler
Michael Patrick Carter	...	Frank Wheeler
Malcolm McDowell	...	Waltzer
Anne Heche	...	Betty
Casey Siemaszko	...	Cash the Pimp
Philip Bosco	...	Jerry the Pope
Brian Christopher	...	Kevin Clean
Adam LaVorgna	...	Brad
Kevin Scannell	...	Mr. Clean
Jessica Wesson	...	Stacey
Amanda Sharkey	...	Holly
Margaret Nagle	...	Mrs. Fetch
Katie Powell	...	Mrs. Clean (as Kati Powell)
Tom Coop	...	Holly's Brother

Storyline

Young Frank and his pals get an idea for the ultimate in excitement. They decide to pool their savings, bicycle to the nearby Big City, and hire some woman of the streets to strip for them. Things do not work out that simply, but they do meet V, a Hooker With A Heart Of Gold, who ends up giving them a ride home. Soon she is living in Frank's treehouse, unbeknownst to Frank's widowed father Tom, who thinks she is one of Frank's teachers. Soon, however, the evil Waltzer comes looking for V.

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Plot Keywords:

treehouse | intergenerational friendship | prostitution | train | child driving car | 

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Taglines:

You can't get enough of a good thing... But first you have to find it.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual themes and situations involving adolescents

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 August 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dugipénz

Filming Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$18,137,661 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Kennedy/Marshall Company, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SDDS Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the extras in this film is a 14-year old Kevin Youkilis, future first-baseman and two-time World Series champion for the Boston Red Sox.

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Goofs

Vee flushes and identifies a "Glossy Ibis." This species ranges only within about 50 miles of the south Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and would not occur as far inland as Pittsburgh, the locale of the story.

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Quotes

Frank Wheeler: Which brings us to... intercourse! Can I have a volunteer?

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Connections

Referenced in The Nostalgia Critic: Moulin Rouge (2011)

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Soundtracks

"V's Apt. Blues"
by Phil Marshall
Performed by The Mersh. Bros.

User Reviews

Entertaining feel-good comedy

Very conservative people might not like the plot of this film (kid tries to get his widowed dad and an ex-hooker to fall in love with each other), but actually everything is quite harmless and fun.

The story gets sometimes a bit silly (especially when the boy takes Melanie Griffith to school as part of his "science project"), but the acting and the comedy is good. There was always a smile on my lips as I watched the misunderstandings between Harris and Griffith, when the dad believes that she is a math tutor and the hooker believes he knows her true job.

Ed Harris does a good job as the shy father, and Melanie Griffith is believable as the golden hearted hooker. But it's the kid (Michael Patrick Carter) the one who steals the show, with his winning smile and his mixture of innocence and curiosity.