Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin
His life changed history. His courage changed lives.
In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man to be voted into public o...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 10, 2009
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November 12, 2009Milk is a well-acted and well-directed movie about about the first openly gay American politician. The first hour leading up to Harvey Milk's election as district supervisor wasn't bad, but the last hour that dealt mostly with combating a proposition that would take squash gay ci...( read more)
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October 30, 2009This was a good film biopic about gay rights activist/politician Harvey Milk. Gus Van Sant was the perfect director for the film not just because he's gay but also because the mood and style of the picture suits him well. The acting was great and the script was great. An hones...( read more)
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October 14, 2009An extremely worthy tale to tell of the true story of Harvey Milk, Gay and Human rights activist turned politician during the 70?s in San Fransisco.
Yet another great performance from Penn and very Gus Van Sant to bring a controversial story to light.
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November 16, 2009Although extremely slow at times, the story and acting are excellent. I think I would have recommended cutting 30 minutes, and compressing the format more.
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November 8, 2009A very wonderful movie, definitely one of the better biopics I've seen. Sean Penn, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, and Josh Brolin were all AMAZING; their performances were very lifelike, specially Sean Penn, who won the Oscar; he embodied Milk perfectly. I thought it got a little le...( read more)
Critic Reviews
January 23, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
December 15, 2008
Mike McGranaghan, The Aisle Seat
Milk combines grade-A acting, an astute screenplay, and innovative, passionate direction into a package that entertains even as it drives home some important ideas. full review
December 12, 2008
Katherine Monk, CBC Infoculture
Penn seems to disappear behind the upright shoulders and coquettish grin of his alter ego. He not only launches into each close-up screen kiss with co-star James Franco with palpable zeal, he makes Mi... full review
December 11, 2008
Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com
After eight long years of cinematically picking lint out of his bellybutton, Van Sant returns from the void of his scarf collection with this noble bio-pic, a film awash with colorful characters and a... full review
December 5, 2008
Michael Sragow, The Baltimore Sun
It's not a great movie, but it is an enlivening and unusual one: an effervescent political film that also packs a knockout punch. full review
December 4, 2008
Kimberly Jones, Austin Chronicle
A fairly standard biopic -- if a very fine one, indeed -- but never the transcendent work one would have hoped from the filmmaker or his subject. full review
December 3, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press
A bizarre manipulation of the gay political impulse. full review
December 1, 2008
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Penn's performance is a marvelous act of empathy in a movie that, for all its surprisingly conventional style, measures up to its stirring subject. full review
November 28, 2008
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Milk is an agitprop fantasy about the selflessness of sainthood. If anybody but Penn was playing the saint, we'd probably feel as if we were being sold a bill of goods. Instead, he just about pulls it... full review
November 28, 2008
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
A film that doesn't quite escape the clichés of the biopic genre but still finds its own beats, thanks in large part to the piercing performances. full review
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March 12, 2009Yeah why did the women rate it so low? I'm a heterosexual woman and I thought it was better than 1 ½ stars.
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February 24, 2009Excellent film, damn near a perfect portrait. There was not one second in the film that I felt was out of context. The dated footage was seamlessly transitioned into the footage that was shot. Sean, yu did it again and left my mouth on the floor lol. Penn continues to surprise me.
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