Another superlative performance by Penn makes this worth watching. He conveys Harvey Milk's exuberance, caring, gayness, gregariousness, determination and intelligence with subtle gestures and body language. It's a prize-worthy turn.
The supporting cast were all good, the staging, especially the crowd scenes, were solid and exciting...the film just raced along for two hours.
For me there were two minor drawbacks. Because of the Oscar-winning 1982 documentary which I've seen several times, the story was a bit overly familiar. And I wish more had been done here to bring the character of Dan White to life. He's a little too one dimensional here-just an up-tight reactionary who hates all the loving, fun people we've been shown in the gay movement. This one-sidedness makes the film a polemic and less a full-fledged human drama.
But overall, this film worked and serves as an excellent reminder of how far we've advanced as a society in such a short time.
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