The Assassination of Richard Nixon

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GM Not only Sean Penn but the great Jack Thompson as well! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review georgan g A long, slow burn to radical action. Sad to watch the loser lose everything. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Great to know history, Penn good. It could be better Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review John A Disturbing with misleading title. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/15/19 Full Review Audience Member "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. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Penn spellbinding in an otherwise lacklustre picture. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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