The Price of Milk (2000)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Harry Sinclair

Writer:

Harry Sinclair (writer)

Release Date:

1 March 2001 (New Zealand)

Genre:

Romance

Tagline:

A man, a woman, and 117 cows.

Plot:

New Zealand milk farmer Rob gives his lover Lucinda a ring. Trying to spark up her relationship with Rob...

Plot Keywords:

New Zealand | Quilt | Milk | Milk Bath | Milking Machine

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Danielle Cormack	...	Lucinda
Karl Urban	...	Rob
Willa O'Neill	...	Drosophila
Michael Lawrence	...	Bernie
Rangi Motu	...	Auntie
Lawrence Makoare	...	Nephew
Chris Graham	...	Nephew
Ray Bishop	...	Nephew
Toi Iti	...	Nephew
Bobby Tau	...	Additional golfer
Luke Hiki	...	Additional golfer
Michael Sweeney	...	Additional golfer
Tahuna Minhinnick	...	Additional golfer
Hiku Minhinnick	...	Additional golfer
Karaka Taupa	...	Additional golfer

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for drug use and sensuality/nudity.

Runtime:

France:87 min

Country:

New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:LH | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:M | Portugal:M/12 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Awhitu, Franklin District, Auckland Region, New Zealand

Company:

John Swimmer Productions

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Early in the film, while Lucinda is chopping wood, you hear the chop of the axe before she completes her swing.

Soundtrack:

Tsarina in a Barrel On the Sea

Mooo!

"The Price of Milk" is a wandering and peculiar romantic fairy tale of sorts involving one man, one woman, a bunch of indigenous New Zelanders, an agoraphobic dog, some milk cows, and some very strange goings on. The film has the feel of a low budget indie with a meager story about the romantic vicissitudes of a young couple who bath themselves and wash their dishes in an outdoor bathtub (at the same time) among other quirky and nonsensical behavioral things. There is so little substance to be found in "TPofM" that were it not for the magical/fantasy stuff, the film wouldn't be worth watching at all. With the magical/fantasy stuff, it's a marginal watch at best and then only for those who can buy into such nonsense.

Note - I don't really know what the hell this film was supposed to be about save the obvious and cannot exclude the possibility that there was (though I doubt it) some profound meaning which just didn't show up on my radar screen.