Milk Money (1994)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Richard Benjamin

Writer (WGA):

John Mattson (written by)

Release Date:

31 August 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

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

Plot:

Young Frank and his pals get an idea for the ultimate in excitement. They decide to pool their savings...

Plot Keywords:

Treehouse | Family Relationships | Train | Children | Child Driving Car

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

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
Tom Coop	...	Holly's Brother

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Peru:14 | Germany:6 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:S | France:U | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Don Johnson's son, Jesse Wayne Johnson, appears in the movie with his step-mom, Melanie Griffith. He is the blonde headed boy, sitting in the class, when she comes through the window (for the anatomy lesson). You see him laughing and he even makes a comment.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: 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.

Quotes:

V: There is a place you can touch on a woman that will make her go crazy.
Frank Wheeler: Where?
V: Her heart.

Movie Connections:

References "The Brady Bunch" (1969)

Soundtrack:

Taking Bernie To The Beach

An Old Fashioned Romantic Comedy

MILK MONEY is a lovely and sentimental romantic comedy about a precocious pre-teen who decides to set up his widowed father with a warm-hearted prostitute, who is on the run from some bad people. This film is a warm slice of contemporary Americana, beautifully conveying small town sensibilities and their positive and negative effects on the fictional hamlet of Middleton. The story is simple (though it does take Dad a little too long to figure out what this girl does for a living)and the environmental subplot is underdeveloped, but the movie is filled with believable characters and funny scenes, including one very funny scene where the boy uses the hooker as a visual aide for a school project on the female anatomy. Melanie Griffith shines in a tailor-made role as V,the proverbial hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold, in her most appealing performance since WORKING GIRL and Ed Harris is charming and sexy as the dad. Michael Patrick Carter is utterly charming as the boy and Malcolm McDowell and Anne Heche offer funny supporting turns as a gangster and his ditzy moll, V's best friend. An entertaining romantic comedy that's beauty lies in its simplicity.