Nixon

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Nixon

R

1995

3h 10m

Biography

History

Drama

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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.

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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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Matt Noller

Slant Magazine

A staggering work of empathy for Stone.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 19, 2008

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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

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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

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Quentin Crisp

Christopher Street

It is a triumph for Mr. Hopkins as he schemes, curses, weeps, and prays.

Apr 25, 2022

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Sams K

Oliver Stone describes perfectly the rise and fall of a controversial figure like Nixon. Anthony Hopkins is perfect as always. Great acting, everything's good. Not a masterpiece, but very very good.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/30/24

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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