Rating of
2/4
Glossy portrait of political figure.
Ichabod Crane - wrote on 01/25/09
Its very easy to hear a lot about how "important" this film is but no one really says anything on what makes it good. They might say the acting is so good but I felt most actually played stereotypes including Penn. If you look at the real footage their impersonations actually aren't that good they either over play like Penn, or their not quite right like Brolin. Some might find it interesting and that would the only reason they would like it. i just did not find it that compelling. Nor did it really make any firm arguments and it really failed to elaborate on many things. It showed Milk in a positive light no matter what. That really is the problem with many biopics there either make the person out to be complete sludge like in Nixon or they make them so glossy it is surprising they don't shine like in this chase. Their is implications of Political Machines but that is not delved into and Milk apparent temper is not even seen.
Oscar win Best Actor Sean Penn 1/5- I thought Sean Penn really failed to capture the real person he was playing because he decided to do broad strokes and be a little too over the top.
Oscar nomination Josh Brolin best supporting actor 4/5- Although I do not think he got Dan White spot on he got very close which is a hard job to do. He created the man who was always slightly off and on the brink quite well still.
