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Milk
1999
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 |
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| Director | William Brookfield |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Critics' reviews (2)
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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.
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An upmarket cast delivers mostly classy goods in this very English, dodgily conceived package. A middle-aged small... read more on Time Out
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
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. -
MILK- COMEDY
THIS WAS A BLACK COMEDY, VERY FUNNY AND A GREAT CAST!
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Milk
Very funny film from start to finish well worth renting
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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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!
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Milk
Very funny film from start to finish well worth renting
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
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. -
MILK- COMEDY
THIS WAS A BLACK COMEDY, VERY FUNNY AND A GREAT CAST!
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Milk
Very funny film from start to finish well worth renting
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Slightly Sour
This film boasts a great cast of British actors and a beautiful setting somewhere in Deep England, but I thought it lacked pace and was rather unsure in tone. With its morbid philosophising on death, families, greed and the futility of life, it aspires to black comedy, but it's undermined by farcical bits of business involving, among other things, dead bodies, bulls and vibrators. There are also too many characters for clarity, and the film seems to fall between two stools. Good bits, but it doesn't hold together as a whole.
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Odd Film
I love british films but this was a strange one. Its a black comedy but more bleak and not funny at all. Dawn French's acting was poor in this and overall I was really disappointed!
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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!
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Critics' reviews (2)
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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.
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An upmarket cast delivers mostly classy goods in this very English, dodgily conceived package. A middle-aged small... read more on Time Out
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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 ...
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