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Full of surreal occurrences and bizarre, sometimes overly precious humor that may make it too rarefied an exercise for wide acceptance.
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Washington Post by Desson Thomson
Manages to be innocent, physically passionate, earnestly romantic and self-deprecatingly funny, all at once.
80
Village Voice by Edward Crouse
A shaggy, appealing parable involving two lovers, some gorgeous heifers, gentle Maori gangster-golfers, and a dilapidated suitcase packed with used baby shoes, The Price of Milk throws itself onto the magic-realist sword with aplomb.
75
The Price of Milk, which boasts a lush classical score recorded by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, has a few more twists that make this a Valentine's Day delight.
50
Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington
This rich, gorgeous music and the wistful pastoral scenes create a rhapsodic mood that the rest of the film doesn't really sustain.
25
San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
A whimsical modern fairy tale.
58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Paula Nechak
This journey is clunkily rendered, clouded by an avalanche of murky symbolism.
50
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
There is a place for whimsy and magic realism, and that place may not be on a cow farm in New Zealand.
30
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
The guiding philosophy of The Price of Milk seems to be that if you throw something on the screen and call it a fairy tale, it has to mean something. But it doesn't.
50
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
Fairy-tale-like musing on true love in cynical times.