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This British comedy, written and directed by William Brookfield, stars James Fleet as the middle-aged mama's boy who has just lost his mother. This seemingly tragic event actually leads to good things for the man, whose country neighbors and friends have lots of plans for how he can use his time in his new, free life. Read more

Starring Dawn French, James Fleet, Phyllida Law, Joss Ackland
Director William Brookfield
Genres Comedy

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Milk

This British comedy, written and directed by William Brookfield, stars James Fleet as the middle-aged mama's boy who has just lost his mother. This seemingly tragic event actually leads to good things for the man, whose country neighbors and friends have lots of plans for how he can use his time in his new, free life.

Starring Dawn French, James Fleet, Phyllida Law, Joss Ackland, Francesca Annis, Richard Johnson, Lesley Manville, Duncan Preston, Clotilde Courau, Peter Jones, Judith Scott
Director William Brookfield
Studio CINEMA CLUB
Run time DVD: 1 hr 32 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Comedy
Language English
Released DVD: 28 Oct 2002
Production year: 1999
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (2) of Milk

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    An enviable British ensemble is under-employed in William Brookfield's directorial debut. Despite darkening the persona of the amiable bumbler he played in Four Weddings and a Funeral, James Fleet is rather swept away by the grasping relatives who descend on his Wiltshire dairy farm following the death of his martinet mother. Consequently, we're much more interested in the antics of such inveterate scene-stealers as Peter Jones and Dawn French than in Fleet's machinations and his tentative relationship with back-packer, Clotilde Courau. Caught between Ealing, Cold Comfort Farm and a sitcom pilot, this is never macabre nor comic enough.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • An upmarket cast delivers mostly classy goods in this very English, dodgily conceived package. A middle-aged small... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    British and best

    Not all British made films are good, some are so naff it defies belief. This one shines above most of the others. A credible cast of top class actors with a totally original plot, makes a change.

    Warm hearted and tragic at times but funny in it's own way. It is certainly "one that got away" from the big screens, how I missed this I never know. Worth seeing over and over... superb writing and great script.

      • Baronchris from Bristol
      • Posted 16 Aug 2005 10:42

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  • Rated - 2 stars

    Something lacking

    Hackneyed plot of dysfunctional family gathering together after the death of a family member - so nothing new there. Fairly strong cast with some golden oldy Brit actors. Dawn French has been better but James Fleet AGAIN - please, he is getting so type cast and so so boring (and surprised they didn't find a slot for Jim Broadbent too as he is usually a main stay of these films). Strong start, weak middle, predicatable ending, few funny moments but not surprised this film slipped through the net. As for the title - tenuous link and too clever for its own good!

      • A customer from Surrey
      • Posted 03 Jul 2009 11:36

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      This British comedy, written and directed by William Brookfield, stars James Fleet as the middle-aged mama's boy who has just lost his mother. This seemingly tragic event actually leads to good things for the man, whose country neighbors and friends have lots of plans for how he can use his time in ...