Milk

:

Overview

Milk
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
142 ratings
Your Rating:
write a review
R,2hrs 7min
Genre:
Released:
January 9, 2009
Director:
Distributor:
Focus Features
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. 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 ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
Gus Van Sant and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black pull off something very close to magic. They make a film that's both historically precise and as graceful, unpredictable, and moving as a good fiction film--that is to say, a work of art. Full Review
Metascore
®
84
Universal Acclaim
out of 100
Featured Cast
Photos
Tina Fey, left, and Steve Martin, right, present to writer Dustin Lance Black who holds the Oscar...
Diego Luna promotes "Milk" in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, 2008.
Diego Luna promotes "Milk" in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, 2008.
James Franco arrives at the premiere of his film "Milk" in West Hollywood at the Academy Theater on...
"Pedro: The Movie" (Wednesday, April 1 at 8 p.m. on MTV) If Puck was the most memorable roommate of...
Emile Hirsch and mother Margaret Davenport at Focus Features' Los Angeles Premiere of 'MILK' on...
Emile Hirsch and mother Margaret Davenport at Focus Features' Los Angeles Premiere of 'MILK' on...
News
Feb. 10, 2010, 3:07 AM EST
In Jackson case, singer's popularity could be challenge for doctor's defense team
Jan. 21, 2010, 8:52 AM EST
'Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker,' 'An Education' receive 8 nominations for British Academy Film Awards
advertisement