When a no-nonsense Latina immigrant is hired by three unmarried milkmen in Tahoe City, California, she must turn around a dysfunctional business, before her immature love interest grows up and commits to marriage to prevent her deportation.

SYNOPSIS:

It’s in Tahoe City, California, where three handsome, fun-loving, unmarried milkmen, ACE (25, white), PONCH (23, Middle-Eastern), and CLUTCH (21, black), are doing their best to despell the myth of the early-morning milkman. Ace’s conniving boss, Mr. ANDERSON (50), at corporate headquarters in Sacramento, tires of fielding complaints of late deliveries, and is about to buy-out Ace’s franchise. The milkmen decide to hire one “responsible milkman” to save the business. Enter a beautiful, no-nonsense Latina, Martinique (MARTIE; 25), who attempts to get the dysfunctional, boyish milkmen to grow up and work harder. Tensions mount, and things get worse when Martie’s MAMA (50) moves in. She’s a Spanish-speaking, knife-wielding sleepwalker from Folsom Prison, who insists on cooking breakfast at dawn. The milkmen assume Mama was an inmate at Folsom, and they fear her, but the men don’t want to lose Martie, their best milkman.

Early rising helps the business improve, but at some personal costs. Ace’s girlfriend, CRYSTAL (24), is jealous of Martie, and demands to the red-neck Sheriff that Mama get deported. The milkmen are torn between providing sanctuary for the immigrants versus returning to their partying ways. In the chaos, Mr. Anderson goes after the business for himself.

Only marriage can keep Martie in the country when her educational visa runs out in sixty days. Her easy targets, the immature milkmen, bet on their “Worst Date Ever” challenge to thwart Martie’s plan. The dates are disastrous, and Martie loses hope. Then comes word that Martie’s PAPA (55), who looks like an infamous drug lord, arrives from Mexico to persuade Mama and Martie to come home.

Relationships gradually improve as Martie gravitates to Ace, Clutch meets the Sheriff’s 17-year-old daughter, Lilly, at an awkward AA meeting, and Ponch peruses the nutcase, Crystal. Then Martie audits Mr. Anderson’s shady billing practices, and Mama is captured by the Sheriff for deportation. This sets up a showdown at the Sheriff’s office.

The business would be spared if advanced sales increase ten percent. A new ice-making machine may provide the new product the business needs, and ice orders look promising. Martie and Ace orchestrate the business comeback of a lifetime, and even have time for little romance before the showdown.

At the Sheriff’s office, we learn Mama is simply a cook at Folsom Prison, not an inmate. Mr. Anderson is a white-collar criminal. And Papa isn’t a drug lord, he’s just a tequila-selling Baptist. Love fills the air until Martie learns of the “Worse Date Ever” bet, and storms away from Ace. However, all is not lost. One Lake Tahoe sunset on the beach sets the stage for a wedding, and everyone lives dysfunctionally ever-after.

MILKMEN? A COMEDY ABOUT DEPORTATION