Milk (2008)
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- Synopsis
- 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....
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- Starring
- Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco
- Director(s)
- Gus Van Sant
- Distributor(s)
- Focus Features
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 127 min.
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Critic Reviews
The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites
Harvey Milk was an intriguing, inspiring figure. Milk is a marvel.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
Sean Penn never tries to show Harvey Milk as a hero, and never needs to. He shows him as an ordinary man, kind, funny, flawed, shrewd, idealistic, yearning for a better world.Read the full review
Washington Post | Ann HornadayAdd Critic to Favorites
What makes Milk extraordinary isn't just that it's a nuanced, stirring portrait of one of the 20th century's most pivotal figures, but that it's also a nuanced, stirring portrait of the thousands of people he energized.Read the full review
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