When Christine Langan was still at Baby Cow Productions, she optioned the book, and sent it to Rebecca Lenkiewicz in 2018. Lenkiewicz agreed on the basis she would also get to direct. Film4 and sales agent HanWay Films boarded the film. £4 million was pulled together through the UK and Greek tax credits, pre-sales, Film4 support, private equity and an anonymous donor, who was a fan of Lenkiewicz's work. Despite Giorgos Karnavas' orders not to shoot in the hot Greek summer, production began on August 2023.[2]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 37% of 67 critics' reviews are positive.The website's consensus reads: "Lacking narrative momentum and clarity overall, this film's clever destination is upended by a turbulent journey that will leave audiences leaden like a glass of Hot Milk."[14]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 54 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[15]
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