Milk

I knew a little bit about Harvey Milk from my Queer Studies class at UC Santa Cruz. It certainly wasn't necessary to know anything about him to thoroughly enjoy this sad, inspiring biopic. Sean Penn, who does very little that I enjoy (except this and this) (and I didn't realize he did this, but I liked it a lot too), was phenomenal. Completely great. I loved the 70's vibe that Van Sant captured and I feel like Van Sant's approach to this movie was so much more accessible than most of his other movies, many of which I really enjoy, but I respect that he wanted this to reach more people. Nicely done.