The Assassination of Richard Nixon Critic Reviews
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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.Read the full review
Director 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.Read the full review
It's a deeply affecting performance, and it drives this quietly powerful, unrelenting film.Read the full review
A faithful portrait of a period in American social history.Read the full review
This riveting film qualifies as the anti-crowd-pleaser -- but Penn makes it unthinkable to turn away.Read the full review
Assassination reminds you that Penn can be very funny.Read the full review
First-time director Niels Mueller and his co-screenwriter Kevin Kennedy depict Sam's disintegration expertly and they have fashioned a well-made picture with much to like.Read the full review
Comparisons to "Taxi Driver" are unavoidable and mostly unflattering to Mueller's film, but Assassination engages more directly with the political fissures of the time, which deeply divided the nation.Read the full review
This is another movie where politics trump the narrative.Read the full review
That The Assassination of Richard Nixon is as well directed, acted and shot as it is makes Mr. Mueller's inability to invest his film with significance all the more disappointing.Read the full review
