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By Frank Ochieng (928) for Movie Eye (513) on 04 Dec 2008

Both triumphant and vastly disturbing, Van Sant's Milk is a penetrating portrait of an unconventional political figurehead immersed in the…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 02 Dec 2008

Visibility is key to Harvey Milk's political and social efforts…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 01 Dec 2008

[T]here's a luminous vivacity to Sean Penn's Harvey, a kind of glow that I've never seen in the actor before and never would have imagined…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 30 Nov 2008

Gus Van Sant's return to mainstream filmmaking [is] one of the more fascinating political biopics in recent memory…

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By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 29 Nov 2008

Milk's peerless performances and direction take on new significance in a year of political transition and expectation…

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By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 29 Nov 2008

A wonderful, full bodied movie that earns its tears honestly driven by an Oscar worthy performance by Penn…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 28 Nov 2008

It's truly a film everyone can take something positive from, and a film that, for me at least, is one of the top films of the year…

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By Austin Kennedy (419) for Sin Magazine (286) on 28 Nov 2008

Even if you have no interest in the subject matter, this is a wonderfully inspiring and important motion picture that should be seen by everyone…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 28 Nov 2008

A film that doesn't quite escape the clichés of the biopic genre but still finds its own beats, thanks in large part to the piercing performances…

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By Gabriel Shanks (177) for Modern Fabulousity (46) on 27 Nov 2008

In Van Sant's hands, it's both a story for the ages, and a story for our age…

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By Boo Allen (301) for Denton Record-Chronicle (383) on 27 Nov 2008

Finely wrought film conveys the humanity of the main character while never devolving into hagiography…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for I.E. Weekly (269) on 27 Nov 2008

Penn and director Gus Van Sant play Milk's sexual orientation with candor that never dips into cartoonishness -- it's refreshing and true and manly…

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By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 27 Nov 2008

Just as Tom Hanks put a face to AIDS in 1993's Philadelphia, Sean Penn has now put a face to gay rights as Harvey Milk in the new Gus Van Sant…

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By Jonathan W. Hickman (551) for Entertainment Insiders (294) on 27 Nov 2008

It puts Harvey Milk back on his soap box, where his unyielding commitment to his issue cost him his life…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 26 Nov 2008

Penn completely disappears to make Harvey Milk into one of the most charismatic figures you have ever seen on a movie screen…

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By Brandon Fibbs (448) for Colorado Springs Gazette (140) on 26 Nov 2008

Intellectually compelling and emotionally heartrending, Milk is one of the most profound and inspiring presentations of an American political…

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By Victoria Alexander (762) for FilmsInReview.com (462) on 26 Nov 2008

Sean Penn delivers a brilliant, transformational performance…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 26 Nov 2008

The film understandably and movingly centres itself on Penn's portrayal of a hedonist-turned-activist who discovered that in order to change…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 26 Nov 2008

Van Sant's film (and why did it take 24 years after the documentary to make this stirring, heartbreaking story a feature film…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 26 Nov 2008

It's a measure of the film's breadth and intelligence that it is almost as interested in White as Milk…

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