Oscar Rewind: Milk

"My name is Harvey Milk, and I deserve a better Biopic!" Did we get that right? While we love what this film is about and appreciate it for being included in the conversation in the 2009 Season, we couldn't help but feel like this wasn't doing justice to Harvey Milk. It's hard to watch a movie about human rights when its cast is riddled with abusers (although to be fair, not all were known abusers at the time of making this movie...something about hindsight being 20/20?) The script felt more like an overview of a Wikipedia page than an in depth look at the mans life and legacy. If you're going to do the biopic Oscar fodder, at least do it well.

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Listen to the soundtrack
Read the script
Listen to the other episodes we talked about - Dallas Buyers Club, Moonlight, Bohemian Rhapsody
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Watch Mrs. America
Dark Days: Remembering Jonestown Moscone and Milk

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