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Nixon

R 1995 3h 10m Biography History Drama TRAILER for Nixon: Trailer 1 List
75% Tomatometer 65 Reviews 74% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings
This film is a biographical examination of former U.S. President Richard Nixon (Anthony Hopkins). The non-chronological narrative explores Nixon's personal and professional life, touching on his youth, college years, and political triumphs and failures. Nixon is seen as a child born to austere Quaker parents, as a young attorney wooing his future wife, Pat (Joan Allen), and as an astute but dour politician. After finally becoming president, Nixon is embroiled in the infamous Watergate scandal. Read More Read Less
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Much like its subject's time in office, Nixon might have ended sooner -- but what remains is an engrossing, well-acted look at the rise and fall of a fascinating political figure.

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: A Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness The filmmaker's deftness at evoking theme and sentiment through editorial montages within individual dramatic scenes reaches an apotheosis here. Rated: A- Oct 27, 2008 Full Review Matt Noller Slant Magazine A staggering work of empathy for Stone. Rated: 3.5/4 Aug 19, 2008 Full Review Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault The great neglected American film of 1995: philosophical and experimental, wounded and impassioned — a fragmented epic of the psyche. Rated: A Sep 1, 2022 Full Review Sheila Reid Women in the Life Nixon was not a very likable man and this re-enactment of his life is consistent with that. However, the film does provide insight as to how the late, former president attained his stature as well as how he lost it. May 13, 2022 Full Review Quentin Crisp Christopher Street It is a triumph for Mr. Hopkins as he schemes, curses, weeps, and prays. Apr 25, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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TWMax65 While Anthony Hopkins portrays the character very well, Richard Nixon is a hard main character to sympathize with and be invested in in a positive way from an audience perspective. The movie goes on for some time too and was hard to watch in one sitting, especially since it was about a president like that. However, the acting was noteworthy as well as the directing and cutting in and out of historic American moments and footage. There were several great scenes, like when Nixon visited the Lincoln Memorial to speak with the students and how he struggled earlier in the film to make it to the presidency and market himself positively to the public. However, when it cut back to his past and family I became less interested. I admire and like Oliver Stone's work, always. However he has made better films about better people. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/24 Full Review Rohan P I watched this for my AP US History project, and I found it to be very slow, and I did not like how the movie jumped around so much. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/20/23 Full Review Maxime C One of my all-time favorite films, it is carried by the extraordinary Anthony Hopkins in what is, arguably, the greatest performance of his career. Oliver Stone keeps your interest triggered with his unique brand of storytelling and he managed to get the A-game from all involved - be it Robert Richardson with his inventive cinematography, John Williams with his epic, haunting, Revenge of the Sith-foreshadowing score and the cast of exceptional actors. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member long but that's okay because it's about history, our history. And history of any man tends to be pretty long. Overall, it was thrilling to see Nixon's presidency unravel. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Serious stuff turns into camp under the blunt instrument of Ollie Stone's movie making. Could have been really good in the hands of a film maker not trying quite so hard to tweak history. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review emmet c Good movie, not sure Hopkins was right for the role. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis This film is a biographical examination of former U.S. President Richard Nixon (Anthony Hopkins). The non-chronological narrative explores Nixon's personal and professional life, touching on his youth, college years, and political triumphs and failures. Nixon is seen as a child born to austere Quaker parents, as a young attorney wooing his future wife, Pat (Joan Allen), and as an astute but dour politician. After finally becoming president, Nixon is embroiled in the infamous Watergate scandal.
Director
Oliver Stone
Producer
Clayton Townsend, Oliver Stone, Andrew G. Vajna
Production Co
Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Illusion Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures
Rating
R (Language)
Genre
Biography, History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$13.7M
Runtime
3h 10m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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