Milk (DVD) Reviews

Well this dvd is quite and old dvd and has inspired me I love films that are inspiring and in some way heroic and couragoues. Also this film has Seann Penn in it too which I just love watching his movies. Anyway this film is a about a man named Harvey. His life changes and also changes history. This Guy was gay and was openly gay and in ...  Read the complete review

Massive Sean Penn fan and generally a fan of these biopic type films, therefore I was fairly excited to be watch this film and was expecting a superb Penn performance, as is both the norm and as billed, plus an enthralling story with a political motive. However I sadly have to say I was somewhat disappointed with the film overall. A ...  Read the complete review

Film only review. Was keen to watch this film as had heard such good things about it and particularly about Sean Penn's performance. Now I'm probably a lone voice on this one but I found the film fairly hard work and a bit dull in parts. I think this may be as it was faithfully charting real events as they happened and the struggle for gay ...  Read the complete review

Its hard to categorize such a film,is it a political drama? or an issue based film since it deals with gay rights? or a biography of Harvey Milk? Its actually a film which spans several genres, and you actually don't care about what genre it belongs to, it is certainly a piece of quality cinema. The film starts off with Milk recording himself ...  Read the complete review

Milk is one of Gus Van Sant's more restrained works as of late - after a wealth of experimental films, including the "Death Trilogy" (consisting of Last Days, Gerry, and Elephant), as well as Paranoid Park - Van Sant has finally returned to what is his best strength, and that's a straightforward narrative like that of Good Will Hunting. ...  Read the complete review

I was waiting for this film to arrive from my rental list with much anticipation as a massive fan of San Francisco and the gay rights movement. I attended the Gay Pride Parade in SF in 2004 and wanted to be able to understand the history of the fight for gay rights that this wonderful city has become renowned for over the years. Personally, now I ...  Read the complete review

Film only - contains spoilers Milk is a moving biography of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the US. The film charts his move from New York to San Francisco, the prejudice he encountered even in one of the most tolerant and gay-friendly cities in the world, persistence in the face of several ...  Read the complete review

Warning: Possible spoilers: Milk has a running time of just over two hours, the first of which does the film its most damage. In the early scenes the narrative rockets along at such a pace that if you pop out for a cup of tea you are likely to miss half of the plot. Within the first half an hour Milk has met his lover, opened a store ...  Read the complete review

Before the Oscar season, I myself had watched quite a few of the films that were in line to win some sort of award at the Oscars. I had not even heard of the film called Milk, before Sean Penn won his Oscar, so it was quite a surprise to me that he beat out to the likes of Brad Pitt whose performance in Curious Case was just magical. I ...  Read the complete review

About Harvey Milk Harvey Bernard Milk was born during the era of the Great Depression (one of the worst economic downturns in modern history) to William and Minerva Karns Milk. Even as a youngster, Harvey was quite popular. Who would have ever thought that a person who seriously fought for gay rights was once a class ...  Read the complete review

Milk ---A milking success ------------------------------- With all buzzword in Oscar I thought of watching Gus Van Sant's Milk. I believe the movie is a great accolade to its powerful storyline as well as the forceful role playing by the actors who join hands to make it a big success. The story is about Harvey Milk (Sean ...  Read the complete review

I had the pleasure of seeing Milk last week and I must say that I was very much impressed with the story. I always took pride that I knew lots about the struggle for gay rights and always saw myself as a man who knew his background and his history.... after seeing this film I realised that there was so much that I just didn't know! Milk ...  Read the complete review

Film Only ~~~~~~ Milk is an accurately written tale of Harvey Milk's contribution to the gay movement in California. It wasn't until his middle years that he actually became politically active in his fight for gay rights. Until that time he hadn't felt the need to publicly announce that he was gay. After a long haul he was elected ...  Read the complete review