SimonJack "Delivering Milo" is a mild fantasy set between earth and a mythical place where young children are waiting their turn to be born. It's sort of an eternal kids' domain where children around seven years old wait until it's their turn to enter life. They then walk through a door into a bright light and the next scene is a mother delivering a baby. Milo is a boy who doesn't want to leave the comfort of the place he's in. He's nervous about the unexpected. He'd rather stay where he is. It's not nirvana or heaven. There seems to be no activity other than sitting around and waiting. There are no things known in life - eating, games, shows, working, etc. It's just being. You might say Milo has no ambition or interest in anything. The trouble is that he can stop the whole process of children being born by not going through the door. This is just one of a few kooky aspects about this fantasy about life, living and being born. Another one is the guy who's given another chance to reach a goal... probably heaven. He's in some other place that's not purgatory or hell, and he comes to take Milo in his current age to New York city to see what life is really like. Albert Finney plays Elmore Dahl, who has charge of Milo for this one day or two. Another part of the story is about Milo's mother and father, as they wait for his delivery. She's nervous and worries that her husband may leave her. Her dad had abandoned her mother and her after she was born. Putting two and two together, one might guess where this film goes from there. After one day in which no children were born anywhere in the world, Milo meets his mom and decides to take the step to be born. Before that he was turned off on life because of the environment that Elmore favored. Finney's character is distasteful, and doesn't seem to fit the story very well. Except for Bridget Fonda and Campbell Scott as Milo's parents, the characters and story seem listless. This is supposed to be a comedy fantasy, but it's a real stretch to find much humor. Here's a line that reflects the type and level of humor. Elmore Dahl, "Go ahead, you'll love it. There's no way anyone can teach you about the pleasure of eating. You gotta do it yourself."I enjoy truly inspirational and moving stories. But, for the life of me, I can't see what some other reviewers find is so uplifting in this film. Unless it's Milo's desire at the end to be born. And, that's just the natural inclination of all new life.

Armand the idea is nice , Albert Finney does a decent work, Anton Yelchin is adorable, spiritual and touching, Bridget Fonda and Campbell Scott are not bad choices but that is not new discovery. the fundamental problem - something missing. short - the idea is too large for film. so, each effort seems be almost insignificant. and the good parts - no surprise because many of them are details. it is not a bad film and for children can be an interesting experience but the final taste is a mixture of honey and ash. obvious, the good intentions are the base of it and the ambition of team is not small but the cast, the story must have a better led. all seems be colored pieces from a stained glass sketch.

BenXCore I, being a mere teenager, feel quite awful being surrounded by the events in the outside world. This movie really made me realize the better things about life. In my opinion, Albert Finney, no matter how hammy his acting was, did quite well considering what kind of character he was playing. Anton Yelchin also wasn't bad, but I hated the character he was playing, for I feel that Milo was acting selfish and annoying. Overall, I find that this movie is quite enjoyable for a quiet Sunday morning, or anytime you are feeling a little down. This movie, though having a religious element, can really be enjoyed by all. Come on people, it's just a movie, not a display of what religion is right or wrong. It just gives you something to watch.

toclement I went to see this on the strength of Albert Finney alone. He's one of my favorite actors and he rarely fails to deliver. I'm not sure if the plot is interesting or just silly: it's about a little boy who is about to be born, but as his mother goes into labor, he refuses to come out! This sends God and the whole human being factory into a crisis and Albert Finney is called out of purgatory to try and convince the boy to change his mind and decide to want to be born. So Finney takes the unborn boy for an adventure in the Big Apple in hopes of showing him all the reasons he should want to live.Despite the ridiculousness of the plot, I could have accepted it if the director had not tried to turn this into your typical Hollywood sentimental moralistic message film. Directorially, the film was rendered unbearable by a horrible soundtrack of the stock sentimental music that Hollywood directors seem incapable of resisting.He further butchered the somewhat unconventional story by giving away its hand at every moment. Whatever twists and turns were in store in the plot were completely given away by the way the story unraveled. It was as if the director assumed the audience is just a bunch of idiots who cannot see the obvious hints coming from a mile away.Even Finney in his performance, though satisfactory, seemed a bit awkward and out of place; and the little boy with curly locks, though he was supposed to be cute, was in fact rather dull. Bridget Fonda seemed intent on trying to duplicate Demi Moore's performance in 'Ghost', shedding tears at a moment's notice.I understand that the film has been unsuccessful thus far at getting distribution in the U.S., which surprises me as I think it has the box office potential to be a modest hit, appealing to both kids and sentimental adults. As far as the quality goes, it's not an awful film, it's just not very good. (4 out of 10)