The Assassination of Richard Nixon

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Paul P @Offgrid99 Apr 26 This is Sean Penn's finest performance, among many. Sam is a truly sympathetic character because Sean is him. A truly sad tale, well told. See more Mikey B @RT95501973 Jul 7 Penn does a great acting performance. The movie gives a good look at the time period and examination of that era See more GM @Greyzer 02/07/2023 Not only Sean Penn but the great Jack Thompson as well! See more georgan g @RT98616417 06/05/2020 A long, slow burn to radical action. Sad to watch the loser lose everything. See more 03/24/2020 Great to know history, Penn good. It could be better See more 09/21/2018 "The Assassination of Richard Nixon" is about a man on a collision course; given the stark terms in which he arranges right and wrong, he will sooner or later crack up. He hasn't a clue about appropriate behavior, about how others perceive him, about what may be right but is nevertheless impossible. The movie's title has one effect before we see it, and another afterward, when we can see the grandiosity and self-deceit that it implies. What really happens is that Sam Bicke assassinates himself. Does the film have a message? I don't think it wants one. It is about the journey of a man going mad. A film can simply be a character study, as this one is. That is sufficient. A message might seem trundled in and gratuitous. Certainly our opinions of Nixon, Vietnam and the Black Panthers are irrelevant; they enter the movie only as objects of Bicke's obsessions. See more Read all reviews

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