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Milk

Gus Van Sant succeeds at bringing him to life
Sean Penn, Josh Brolin and Emile Hirsch
Directed by Gus Van Sant

I was apprehensive when I went to see the new Gus Van Sant movie, since Paranoid Park had left me quite a delible impression on me. But let there be no questions about it, Milk--an undiluted view of a man's struggle against all odds and the riotous events which shaped his rise to success--is a triumph. This is a film which makes writing a review either too easy or too difficult--its faults are ... more >