Milk (2008)

Name: Milk
Director: Gus Van Sant
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 2008
Duration: 128 min

"Never blend in."

ThumbScore

👍 82%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 88% (RT: 93%, MC: 83)

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Director

Gus Van Sant

Runtime

2h 8m

Country

United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

7.2/10 (2,375 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Metacritic

Cast

Sean Penn as Harvey Milk · 72% avg

Emile Hirsch as Cleve Jones · 70% avg

Josh Brolin as Dan White · 72% avg

Diego Luna as Jack Lira · 72% avg

James Franco as Scott Smith · 70% avg

Alison Pill as Anne Kronenberg · 72% avg

Victor Garber as Mayor Moscone · 72% avg

Denis O'Hare as John Briggs · 67% avg

Is Milk good?

Most people think so. 82% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 88%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre

#136 / 389 · History

Rank in its year

#51 / 208 · 2008

Rank among its director's films

#3 / 12 · Gus Van Sant

On ThumbScore's lists

25 Best Free Full-Length Historical Movies on YouTube (#19)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗