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Metascore
10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittSmart and surprising.
- 70VarietyDavid RooneyVarietyDavid RooneyDexterously scripted, darkly humorous.
- 70Village VoiceMark HolcombVillage VoiceMark HolcombIn the end, Milk and Honey's contrived connections blossom into a disarmingly effective reckoning with loss and regret.
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMaggio and his stars find some unexpected truths in a familiar tale.
- 60Film ThreatMerle BertrandFilm ThreatMerle BertrandHas just enough quirks and unexpected shocks along the way to keep things interesting.
- 60The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinOnce Milk And Honey stops lurching after huge, actorly moments of near-psychotic intensity, it loosens up and actually gets around to telling a reasonably compelling human story.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe lives of three deeply unhappy New Yorkers crisscross in unexpected ways in writer-director Joe Maggio's uneven but strangely affecting film.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickSome fine performances shine through in Joe Maggio's pretentious, credulity-straining dramedy.
- 50Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThis 2003 drama suffers from a heavy narrative hand, as a series of ironic coincidences creates a tiny, hermetically sealed New York City, but the contrivances are overwhelmed by the intimacy and immediacy of the human encounters.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenMilk and Honey is the kind of nightmare-in-a-box you might expect if Neil LaBute remade Martin Scorsese's "After Hours" on a shoestring.