DVD Review: "MILK" Score A-

A biographical movie of Harvey Milk the first openly gay politician elected to a major office in San Francisco and then murdered by an associate official. Sean Penn won an Oscar for his portrayal and deservedly so (however I still think that Mickey Rourke was robbed from his Wrestler portrayal). Penn is one of the top actor working and in this he completely engulfed the character and creates a performance worth checking out. There isn't a moment in the film where you doubt Penn's portrayal of Milk. The movie starts in the 1960's and ends at his death. There was really a great look and feel to this movie as they shot many of the scenes in the actual places where the real events took place. Significant as well is the statements of tolerance and how America is still struggling with them as a society today.