The Assassination of Richard Nixon
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Universal acclaim- based on 29 Ratings
- Starring: Don Cheadle, Naomi Watts, Sean Penn
- Summary: A chilling drama that explores and exposes the dark side of the American Dream, this film focuses on the prescient and tragic true story of Sam Bicke (Penn), a disillusioned "everyman" who, in 1974, was driven to plot the assassination of the 37th President of the United States. (ThinkFilm)
- Director: Niels Mueller
- Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, Crime
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Positive: 25 out of 38
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Mixed: 12 out of 38
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Negative: 1 out of 38
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100This is one of the rare movies to explore American materialism through the eyes of an all-too-ordinary person who isn't up to the challenges of everyday life.
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83Director Niels Mueller's attempt to create a middle-class "Taxi Driver" (he tips his hand a bit smugly by respelling Byck's name to evoke Travis Bickle) has a creepy, meticulous exactitude.
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80The movie re-creates Sam's miserable days with enough sympathy to come within hailing distance of such emblematic works of American disillusion as Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and Saul Bellow's "Seize the Day."
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67See it for the star. Penn makes a film that in many respects feels low scale and ordinary into something painfully human and real.
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63This is another movie where politics trump the narrative.
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50A slight movie and a major downer, is an acting showcase for Sean Penn. That's good, but not enough.
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30It grinds on and on without mercy. You're in the cross hairs. There is no escape. Where is that Secret Service when you need it?
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 12
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Mixed: 1 out of 12
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Negative: 2 out of 12
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