Harvey Milk

...thoroughly deserves all of the press ink that will doubtless be spilt over it. Wear your ‘Vote Penn’ Oscar pin with pride.

Historien om manden, der gjorde sætningen "My name is Harvey Milk, and I am here to recruit you!" til sin egen, er kraftfuld og vigtig historieundervisning...

Sean Penn never tries to show Harvey Milk as a hero, and never needs to. He shows him as an ordinary man, kind, funny, flawed, shrewd, idealistic, yearning for a better world.

Top to bottom, the thing is terrifically acted, from Penn’s titanic, open-faced performance to staggering turns from two young, chameleonic actors...

Filmen andas en känsla av oförställd genuin livsbejakelse, optimism och värme.