The Assassination of Richard Nixon

An underappreciated film; Cronenberg meets Arthur Miller. The best of the new glut of political Penn performances.

Good movie about a man who is desperated and keen to make stupid things to make world a little bit better place to live. Script is a bit weak and other cast than Penn are really left to bakground. Its not very lenghty movie and this is good decision from debut director Mueller.

A very suspenseful and well acted film .

sosyal analizi karakter üzerinden yeterli ölçüde yürütebildiğini söylemek zor çünkü ortada doğruluğundan ayrı çiğ bir portre var. ağırbaşlı temposuyla beraber yansıtabildiği kokuşmuşluğun kabullenilmesi karşısında dönemin paranoyasına yedirilen çıldırma hali, belki önemli bir işaret koyuyor "bir şey olma" arayışındakine "loser/winner" hastalığının sunduklarına dair ama toplamında tatsız bir film -ve bu söylediklerinin haletiruhiyesinden bağımsız.

The Assassination of Richard Nixon is a boring film about a man who was too stupid to help himself in his life. As a result, he tried to kill the president of the United States. The acting is good, but the only character that got enough screentime was Sean Penn's, despite his character being the least interesting of the batch. I also didn't feel like I was back in the 1970s, which meant the immersion needed wasn't there.

Interesting enough, but suffered from awkward pacing and lowly direction. The great thing about this is that Sean Penn can play a creep so incredibly perfect with just the right amount of tension that it puts the viewer in a terribly uncomfortable place that is hard to escape. The short run time of 95 minutes was rushed and needed another half hour to really explore the person that Sam Bicke was. I was craving for the always enjoyable Naomi Watts to be used more as well. Still a decent film.

"A bitter pill." - Jeremiah Kipp

Needs rewatch.

pretty powerful drama, though the ending felt kind of empty.

true or not this movie sucks!

A high-resolution character study made watchable by the great performance of the lead actor. Might need to watch it again to appreciate it more. Guess I missed a lot of it. There was so much details/information.

Brilliant. At one point you want him to succeed.

Interesting how he planned to hijack an airliner and crash it into a US government building in 1974, yet after 911 the US gov claimed to have never considered the scenario where a hijacked plane could be used to attack a government building.

It is not a movie of great emotions, even that they are real facts, however it is worthwhile only for the acting of Sean Penn.

Penn plays Penn again (not that I have anything against typecasting) in a slow, agonizing movie. If you appreciate elegic visuals and the story of a loser, this may be for you, though I'd rather watch Dead Man Walking one more time. Or Taxi Driver.

Far too much room to watch Sean Penn cry. A bit disastrous giving Penn's character the same name as in "I Am Sam".

Imperfect, but pretty darn good. Penn is wonderful.

A good, interesting character study that is very profound.