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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceEdward CrouseVillage VoiceEdward CrouseA 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.
- 80Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonManages to be innocent, physically passionate, earnestly romantic and self-deprecatingly funny, all at once.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThe 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.
- 70VarietyDavid RooneyVarietyDavid RooneyFull of surreal occurrences and bizarre, sometimes overly precious humor that may make it too rarefied an exercise for wide acceptance.
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakThis journey is clunkily rendered, clouded by an avalanche of murky symbolism.
- 50Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaFairy-tale-like musing on true love in cynical times.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThis rich, gorgeous music and the wistful pastoral scenes create a rhapsodic mood that the rest of the film doesn't really sustain.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere is a place for whimsy and magic realism, and that place may not be on a cow farm in New Zealand.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe 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.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA whimsical modern fairy tale.