Good for people younger than those who actually had to live through the 70s

Rating: 8/10 (22 December 2008)

All people younger than 45 need to watch this movie and remember Harvey Milk and especially his boyfriend Scott Smith, who died of HIV complications in 1995. Too bad that people do not remember Smith as well as Milk. In the US we have a very short historical memory, and most do not even remember Milk. Sean Penn and James Franco look much more attractive than the two men they embody, and that is a good thing, because the movie is sad. Hard to take for those like myself, who had to live through the late 70s as gay youngsters and then through the 80s with friends dying of strange diseases. Had this historical piece been less than 2 hours long, I would have given it a 10. But the thing went on for almost two and half hours and it was sad, very sad. Do something fun and lighthearted after watching this great film. But go see it. It's a must.