"The Milkman" is an American 16-minute movie from 2008, so this one will have its 10th anniversary next year. It is probably the most known work by writer and director Mark Nicholson who brought in his own family history with this one as it is based on a man working as milkman, but in fact this was all just facade as his real profession was with the mafia. It is kinda okay overall, never particularly good or bad and I found it looks much older than it actually is, maybe intentionally so as the story took place in the 1950s. It is decent for a short film, but it really should not have been much longer. Today it is mostly known because it has the Duffer Brothers, the creators of Stranger Things, in it in one of their rare acting performances. This is probably also what gave this little live action film the boost up the IMDb Starmeter. I don't think it is the action, contents or plot. So yeah if you really are a sucker for films about organized crime, then feel free to give it a go. But otherwise you aren't missing too much either and from what I saw here, I am not too surprised Nicholson's filmmaking career was rather short. There is some solid ambition in here, but the execution (no pun intended!) and several production values are just not on the level to make this a satisfying watch. I give it a thumbs-down overall.
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The Milkman is a nice little film.
zkatey19 June 2008
The Milkman is a short film with a great deal of merit. It's quality is excellent in both filming and musical score. The camera work and framing shows a great deal of competency that is frequently missing with new directors.
The only real drawbacks are a slightly wooden performance by the actors and a lack of lighting. Due to these factors, the film seems to lack the mood which should be present in a film which relies on a character-driven study of a hit man. The story is well written, although predictable.
All in all, I rate it a 7. It's worth spending 15 minutes of your life on.
The only real drawbacks are a slightly wooden performance by the actors and a lack of lighting. Due to these factors, the film seems to lack the mood which should be present in a film which relies on a character-driven study of a hit man. The story is well written, although predictable.
All in all, I rate it a 7. It's worth spending 15 minutes of your life on.
Worth the 15 minutes
benjweaver20026 July 2008
This film is given much appreciation for how short it is and the fact that it is a true story. Sometimes we don't want a long drawn out movie to know what actually happened we just want to get the general idea of the character and the events occurred. This is the first film that did that and even with a low budget to work with, it was well done.
The character seemed like and interesting man and in the end he had to make a hard decision that most people would never be able to follow through on. Even though he lived with terrible ethics, he had a strong character that kept him upright and he took care of what he felt was necessary for an undesirable path. For that reason alone it's worth the 15 minutes.
The character seemed like and interesting man and in the end he had to make a hard decision that most people would never be able to follow through on. Even though he lived with terrible ethics, he had a strong character that kept him upright and he took care of what he felt was necessary for an undesirable path. For that reason alone it's worth the 15 minutes.
Nicely Done ! Great Job!
saurav201521 June 2008
Warning: Spoilers
I Just finished watching this movie and I was amazed on how the directors and their crew managed to pull off this low budget film and on top of it for 15mins! The Milkman was a amazing movie even thou short, The Acting was better then average, Music and camera angels were all great! This short film shot on Super 16mm (15 minutes.)
Milkman tells the story of a Middle classed family man the Milkman played by Christopher Lohr, which is set in the early 50's, 1952 to be exact. Story kicks off in a backyard where the milkmans son is playing with his fathers gun. Later its found that the Milkman use to be a contract killer, a professional Hit-man. But now he and his family is somewhat broke and the milkman has to once again get down to his dirty business. After numerous kills and finally a conflict between his Employer a climax comes where his family is attacked and they must leave town. As they try to leave the house they are tried to be gunned down by the Milkmans employers hired killers sent to kill him and his family. Milkman gives his son a Pistol and finally climbs up his roof top with a M4 Rifle only to shoot down the killers resistance. As his son speaks the story in the background afterwards its said the milkman was dead But hes employer is seen in a car and leaves a book in hand to his widow wife who finds out $7000 inside it.
The Milkman is seen once again seen inside the employers car who has a gunpoint to his head. And finally walking down the road while his family is still inside his Milkvan.
Story ends here...
This movie is free to every one and not available in DVD due to SAG student contracts it cannot be distributed on DVD without paying a good sum of money back to SAG.
Watch it Free: http://milkmanthefilm.com/
Cheers
Milkman tells the story of a Middle classed family man the Milkman played by Christopher Lohr, which is set in the early 50's, 1952 to be exact. Story kicks off in a backyard where the milkmans son is playing with his fathers gun. Later its found that the Milkman use to be a contract killer, a professional Hit-man. But now he and his family is somewhat broke and the milkman has to once again get down to his dirty business. After numerous kills and finally a conflict between his Employer a climax comes where his family is attacked and they must leave town. As they try to leave the house they are tried to be gunned down by the Milkmans employers hired killers sent to kill him and his family. Milkman gives his son a Pistol and finally climbs up his roof top with a M4 Rifle only to shoot down the killers resistance. As his son speaks the story in the background afterwards its said the milkman was dead But hes employer is seen in a car and leaves a book in hand to his widow wife who finds out $7000 inside it.
The Milkman is seen once again seen inside the employers car who has a gunpoint to his head. And finally walking down the road while his family is still inside his Milkvan.
Story ends here...
This movie is free to every one and not available in DVD due to SAG student contracts it cannot be distributed on DVD without paying a good sum of money back to SAG.
Watch it Free: http://milkmanthefilm.com/
Cheers
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