FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
Milk
Scores
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer93%as of 2022-11-29
- Rotten Tomatoes average8/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic83/100as of 2025-06-16
What it is
Milk is a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, the film stars Sean Penn as Milk, alongside Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, and James Franco.
At a glance
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
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