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In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man to be voted into public office in America. His victory was not just a victory for gay righ...( read more
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MCT:January 4, 2009Milk is the best film Gus Van Sant has ever made. It introduces to us a key public figure who fought for what he believed in while never once backing down. Because of that fight, he has become one of the most important advocates for human rights. Films like this remind us that the freedoms we often take for granted were a long time in the making.
Thanks to the magnificent performance by Sean Penn, Harvey Milk is a well rounded character, with faults, quirks, and unflinching determination to achieve what he believes to be a better world. Milk is one of 2008's best films. -
MCT:December 31, 2008
Excellent movie - it doesn't reinvent the wheel, remaining fairly safe by biopic standards, but Gus Van Sant brings just enough of his auteurial sensibilities to keep it from being stale. At the same time, though, he exhibits a sense of restraint that's been conspicuously absent from some of his recent avant-garde efforts (no ten minute tracking shots, thank God). Milk is a rich, accessible, informative film with a broad sense of scope.
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MCT:December 30, 2008"His life changed history. His courage changed lives."
Academy Award winner Sean Penn takes the title role in Gus Van Sant's biopic tracing the last eight years in the life of Harvey Milk, the ill-fated politician and gay activist whose life changed history, and whose courage still inspires people. When Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, he made history for being the first openly gay man in American history to be voted into public office. But the rights of homosexuals weren't Milk's primary concern, as tellingly evidenced by the wide array of political coalitions he formed over the course of his tragically brief career. He fought for everyone from union workers to senior citizens, a true hero of human rights who possessed nothing but compassion for his fellow man. The story begins in New York City, where a 40-year-old Milk ponders what steps he can take to make his life more meaningful.
Eventually, Milk makes the decision to relocate to the West Coast, where he and his lover, Scott Smith (James Franco), found a small business in the heart of a working-class neighborhood. Empowered by his love for the Castro neighborhood and the success of his business, Castro Camera, Milk somewhat unexpectedly begins to emerge as an outspoken agent for change. With a growing support system that includes both Scott and a like-minded young activist named Cleve Jones (Emile Hirsch), the charismatic Milk decides to take a fateful leap into politics, eventually developing a reputation as a leader who isn't afraid to follow up his words with actions. In short order, he is elected supervisor for the newly zoned District 5, though this seeming triumph is in fact the catalyst for a tragedy that starts to unfold as Milk does his best to forge a political partnership with Dan White (Josh Brolin), another newly elected supervisor. Over time it becomes apparent that Milk and White's political agendas are directly at odds, a revelation that puts their personal destinies on a catastrophic collision course.
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I always liked Sean Penn's range of characters but never had such appreciation or respect for his great work until now. This portrayal was brave and accurate in a way that only Mr. Penn could make it. The picture tried not only to portray a true story but manages to send a necessary message as well. Gus Van Sant is a brilliant and gifted director who just added another notch to his great catalog of films. James Franco and the rest of the cast are also to be rewarded for giving their hearts to a movie and message that is just as important and relevant today as it was many years ago. This is truly not one to miss. -
MCT:December 29, 2008Sean Penn gives an outstanding performance as the gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk. Despite this it is Josh Brolin who absolutely steals the show. His cold and distant facial features add mystery and something sympathetic to his dark character. The rest of the film is a solid biopic. It contains all those important moments in life boiled down to 2 hours. This often results in repetition and trivializes ones life. It has the tragedy, the success, the loves and the losses. Perhaps a more focused approach on a single area of his life, such as Proposition 6 could have resulted in a more dramatically driven film. Still there is some wonderful performances and glimpses of Van Sants usually excellent direction. Brolin's confrontational scene at the end is wonderfully shot and paced. It is also too congratulatory of itself and too sentimental. We can see the good Milk has done without the overbearing music and flashbacks.
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MCT:December 27, 2008
Wow, Milk is an absolute good time at the movies. It's funny, deeply moving, high spirited and blessed with a superb cast of actors. This film is all heart and soul. Director, Gus Van Sant's greatest film since Good Will Hunting. Finally a movie thats both inspirational, powerful and funny. A wonderfully told story thats electrifying and extroadinary. Sean Penn gives a flat-out astonishing performance, a risky, compelling, witty and unforgettably dedicated performance that you will love him in right to the end of the film. Josh Brolin is brilliant. Emile Hirsh and Diego Luna are teriffic. James Franco is wonderful.
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MCT:January 6, 2009BIG SCREEN. Buena, interesante, sólida, con un excelente reparto... pero un tanto desbelanceada entre lo anecdótico, lo estilizado y lo políticamente apasionado. / good, interesting, solid, with an excellent cast... but rather unbalanced between the anecdotic, the stylized and the politically impassioned.
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