Cert U
98 mins
BBFC advice: Contains scenes of animal birth and very mild language
From a documentary which examines a subject of world importance to going down the farm with a gentle dairyman.
That is the variety which spurs me on during the everyfilm quest.
Straight after Alex Gibney's brilliant film about Wikileaks came along Andy Heathcote's The Moo Man.
This is an intimate portrait of Stephen Hook, an amiable chap who works his backside off to eke out a living from his 72 cows.
He shows deep affection for the herd and sells their 'raw' milk by going door-to-door in towns near his Sussex farm.
The film follows his day-to-day life from milking, to calving to taking the 'queen' of his herd, Ida, into Eastbourne on a photoshoot to publicise his new round.
And it highlights the sadness on the farm. As Mrs W put it so well in a text to our daughter: "We got to know some of the cows and were sad when one died.''
The Moo Man also touches upon the effect of politics on the farm, in particular the low price supermarkets pay for milk and the TB issue.
Despite his tough life, Hook is such a pleasant, easygoing fella that anyone who sees this film will be willing him to come through and not be one of the farmers who close down (one does so every day in the UK).
Clearly, he deserves success. Heathcote's movie shows just why.
Laughs: Three out loud.
Jumps: none
Vomit: none
Nudity: only the cows.
Overall rating: 6/10