Van Sant Makes Up For Psycho!

Rating: 10/10 (25 September 2011)

Having lived in the San Francisco Bay Area during the turbulent 70's, I thought this film captured the essence of the period and the place. I'm not a Sean Penn fan, but I was captivated by his performance. Being heterosexual, I felt just a twinge of uncomfortableness watching some of the sexual sequences in the film, however, it is understandable to have it in the film (Demme's Philadelphia avoided that, but that is another story.....).
I think the movie is a fair assessment of Harvey Milk and his politics. Dan White was portrayed pretty accurately, too. We in the Bay Area hated him so much after the tragic events. The actor playing him certainly had the look of White.