Milk Movie Reviews

This page links to the best and worse reviews for Milk, the story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk. The Hollywood Reporter review said, "Superb biopic of Harvey Milk reaches out for cross-cultural audience."THR: Film Review: Milk (November 2, 2008)

On November 27, 1978, Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone were killed in city hall by former city supervisor Daniel White.Time: Time 100: Harvey Milk (June 14, 1999)

• "On a project whose greatest danger lay in its potential to come across as agenda-driven agitprop, the filmmakers have crucially infused the story with qualities in very short supply today -- gentleness and a humane embrace of all it' characters, even of the entirely vilifiable gunman."— VarietyVariety: Milk Review (November 2, 2008)

• "On the whole, it's a shame Gus Van Sant was working from such a by-the-book, greatest hits screenplay, but his creativity as a director allows the film to steer clear of some anticipated pitfalls."—In ContentionInContention: Thoughts on Milk and Frost (October 28, 2008)

• Sean Penn as Harvey Milk
• Emile Hirsch as Cleve Jones
• Josh Brolin as Dan White
• James Franco as Scott Smith
• Diego Luna as Jack Lira
• Alison Pill as Anne Kronenberg
• Lucas Grabeel as Danny Nicoletta
• Victor Garber as Mayor George Moscone
• Denis O'Hareas State Senator John Briggs
• Joseph Cross as Dick Pabich
• Howard Rosenman as David Goodstein
• Brandon Boyce as Jim Rivaldo
• Kelvin Yu as Michael Wong