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Milk (1999)
Director: William Brookfield
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
An upmarket cast delivers mostly classy goods in this very English, dodgily conceived package. A middle-aged small farmer's apparent delight on the death of his racy old mum promises a black comedy which fails to materialise. Given the level of humour - dildo gags and an (admittedly) memorable accident with superglue - that's no great loss, as the film makes its serious points best. Poignancy is compromised, though, by the ludicrously dated conceit of the arty French sexpot turning up on the doorstep, and a mawkish ending.Author: XS
Cast & crew
Director: William Brookfield
Producer: George Duffield, Meg Thomson, Galt Niederhoff
Cast: Joss Ackland, Francesca Annis, Clotilde Courau, James Fleet, Dawn French, Richard Johnson, Peter Jones, Phyllida Law, Lesley Manville, Judith Scott full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 96 mins
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