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In 1972, Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) and his then-lover Scott Smith leave New York for San Francisco, with Milk determined to accomplish something meaningful in his life. Settling in the Castro District, he opens a camera shop and helps transform the area into a mecca for gays and lesbians. In 1977 he becomes the nation's first openly gay man elected to a notable public office when he wins a seat on the Board of Supervisors. The following year, Dan White (Josh Brolin) kills Milk in cold blood.
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Sean Penn has, shall we say, such a happy ol' time in the title role of "Milk" that I hate to be so biopicky about the film.
Audiences may be a bit surprised to find the usually intense, usually brooding Method man that is Penn playing somebody as easygoing, jovial and upbeat as Harvey Milk, the gay politician/civil rights revolutionary who was assassinated in 1978. With his generally beefy frame considerably toned down, and his facial muscles working overtime to give us that Penn rarity known as a smile, he re-creates Milk as a menschy yet determined freedom fighter, breaking down closet doors by showing Joe Public that those scary gays have been among us since Day One. (Full review)
3-1/2 stars (Full review)