In the end, Milk and Honey's contrived connections blossom into a disarmingly effective reckoning with loss and regret.
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New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Maggio and his stars find some unexpected truths in a familiar tale.
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Film ThreatMerle Bertrand
Film ThreatMerle Bertrand
Has just enough quirks and unexpected shocks along the way to keep things interesting.
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The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Once Milk And Honey stops lurching after huge, actorly moments of near-psychotic intensity, it loosens up and actually gets around to telling a reasonably compelling human story.
This 2003 drama suffers from a heavy narrative hand, as a series of ironic coincidences creates a tiny, hermetically sealed New York City, but the contrivances are overwhelmed by the intimacy and immediacy of the human encounters.