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Article: Like Harvey, Milk wants to recruit you; A passionate, generous and exuberant film that advocates tolerance.(Life)
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- The Sunday Independent (South Africa)
- Article date:
- April 26, 2009
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Milk
Director: Gus van Sant
Review: Jonathan Romney
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Funny, there must be something in the air in the US: suddenly, there's exuberance where you wouldn't expect to find it.
You don't often see a smile cracking the features of Sean Penn, who usually looks as if he's grappling with the very conscience of a nation.
But in Milk, his face is creased with euphoric mischief throughout. And look at director Gus van Sant. His last three films - Elephant, Last Days, Paranoid Park - were introspective, formalist essays on youth and sudden death. By contrast, Milk is convivial - about an energetic, articulate social creature ...