Milk

2008 Directed by Gus Van Sant

Never blend in.

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

Sean Penn Emile Hirsch Josh Brolin Diego Luna James Franco Alison Pill Victor Garber Denis O'Hare Joseph Cross Stephen Spinella Boyd Holbrook Lucas Grabeel Jeff Koons Brent Corrigan Dave Franco Elias McConnell Ashlee Temple Brandon Boyce Kelvin Yu Cleve Jones Dustin Lance Black Joshua Grannell Blake Cooper Griffin Tim Halpin Richard Gross

Alternative Titles

Milk - A Voz da Igualdade, Obywatel Milk, 自由大道, 밀크, Гарві Мілк

history drama

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Popular reviews

Review by kyle dunne ★★★★½ 2

dairy milk:
-violently straight
-goes bad quickly
-gives you cramps
-stolen from a cow's titty
harvey milk:
-gay
-got better over time
-gave us rights
-probably hugged a cow at some point
Review by Sean Baker 8

Revisited for the hell of it. Such great performances.
Review by Allie !!! ★★★★

ryan from high school musical playing a gay activist what a concept™ !!!!
Review by Evan Eaton ★★★★½ 2

I’ve always been under the impression I’m not a fan of biopics, then someone like Gus Van Sant comes and proves me wrong. This is easily up there with Zodiac as one of the great San Fransisco movies of the last twenty years, and as much as the vertical roads and vibrant culture of that misty and magical city grab my attention, it’s the man at the forefront that gets me in the heart. Sean Penn is sensational in this, embodying Milk in both mannerisms and mind. Although I‘ve always been aware of him as a historical figure, I was largely unfamiliar with the details, making this enlightening in a genuinely emotional way.
I’m heterosexual. I’m also white, and I‘m…
Review by Sir ￦illiam Blake 🎥 ★★★★ 8

When Blue is the warmest colour won the Cannes film festival last year, many people's argued that this picture only won this prize for pure preference and favouritism and political option, Is this film winning because of the Homosexual wedding is now permitted in France? Now we should award Blue for this reason? Doesn't matter the reason or not to be an award, Blue is just a masterpiece, and Milk should be proud to see many peoples get happy and free to be homosexual ever since last two years...Milk will be forever happy!
I wish you're was here to see this, Milk...But you wasn't!
1970, the famous Harvey Milk, the activist will start to fight this "war" against prejudice, hate…
Review by Sam Meltzer🏳️‍🌈 ★★★½ 9

I will be talking about this movie on a podcast (the first episode will most likely come out today or tomorrow), so I wanna take some time to say this rather than talk much about the movie itself: here’s the link: youtu.be/NQCDhWXza80
Milk portrays what it feels like to be in the LGBTQ community correctly. As someone who is gay, I really understood a lot of what people were going through in the movie. Obviously, Sean Penn did an amazing job and really helped with this. The movie doesn’t necessarily treat these people like they are completely out of place. In fact, most of them were pretty normal people that had normal lives. The only difference was their sexuality. This…
Review by Jizzmonkey ★★★

Please support my proposition tailored to take away James Franco's rights. On the ballot in November, Proposition 69. No to James Franco! Yes to 69!
Review by othavio ★★★★ 5

🖤❤💞🖤🧡🖤🧡💞🧡🖤💞💞🧡❤🖤🧡
you lgbt if you're reading this i love you and don't be afraid of who you are
💙💙💕💕💕💕💕🖤💕🖤🧡💘🧡🖤🧡
Review by Monday Seagull 4

When released in the Great White North, this movie was bagged for distribution.*
* Warning: joke is lame and might only be understood by Canadians.
Review by ky ★★★½ 1

diego luna:
me: holy shit did u see that???? Amazing, wow
Review by Raúl Dudas-Lyne ★★★★★ 7

Best biopics of all time: Milk, First Man, The Wolf of Wall Street, Marie Antoinette. Is Milk the best of the lot? Tough one, but maybe, yeah.
Also, Sean Penn is unbelievably good in this movie. Like genuinely maybe the best leading performance of all time? And he seems like a really nice, intelligent bloke, as well, so that's an added bonus.
Review by Vivian ★★★★½ 2

alison pill was the first ever lesbian

Recent reviews

Review by Jorge Riveira ★★★½

Una biopic fuertemente marcado por su condición de cine social, y eso que me ha parecido de tono demasiado conservador en varios tramos a pesar de su temática. Conservador en el sentido de quedarse corto, no como antónimo de progresista. De todos los papeles de Penn este no me parece el que más merezca el Oscar, pero hace un trabajo fantástico junto a Josh Brolin, que siempre dará miedo como antagonista de ideales opresores.
Review by KaiaM ★★★★★

I was a fan of the lesbian-gay solidarity between the two curly headed activists. Also I’m adding this to the Ryan from High School Musical, gay Cinematic universe (RGCU).
Review by kaylena ★★★★★

The acting in this movie was phenomenal
Review by elif308 ★★

pretty boring but at least ryan evans finally got the portrayal he deserves
Review by Katya

and I'm going to say it again:
And I know you can't live on hope alone.
But without hope, life is not worth living.
Review by selvi ★★★★

i will not stop until i consume every production ever made about the lgbtq+ movement. and i can't wait to have our own revolution in turkey. we are already so late.
Review by Sara ★★★★

Milky boy
Review by shadycohen ★★★★

Really impressive performances demanded to capture the authenticity and magnetism of Harvey Milk and Sean Penn and Co. delivered. Relationships felt organic and lived in, dialogue felt real.
How heartbreaking is that?
Review by JacobArmando ★★★★

That’s it I’m moving to San Francisco and starting a revolution idc
Review by Raphael shimmy yay shimmy yah ★★★★½

fuckin beautiful
8.5/10
Review by kylecopeland8 ★★★★★

A+
Review by Kylo ★★★½

Another amazing Sean Penn performance. What an important story.