The great neglected American film of 1995: philosophical and experimental, wounded and impassioned — a fragmented epic of the psyche.

| Original Score: A | Sep 1, 2022

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

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

| Apr 25, 2022

...a pop-psychology portrait of a man who never felt loved, even by those who voted for him.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 19, 2021

Stone had just come off of his blast of overcooked insanity Natural Born Killers, and he applies some of that rebellious invention to this otherwise sober undertaking.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 7, 2019

Stone's newfound timidity in both style and content -- this appeared after a 10-year stretch that included the high-powered likes of Platoon, JFK and Natural Born Killers -- marked it as the beginning of the end of a remarkable run.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 8, 2019

| Original Score: A | Sep 7, 2011

Dense psychodrama of much-disliked U.S. president.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 15, 2010

You could say that Nixon is Oliver Stone's Citizen Kane, and not necessarily mean it as praise.

| Aug 20, 2009

The filmmaker's deftness at evoking theme and sentiment through editorial montages within individual dramatic scenes reaches an apotheosis here.

| Original Score: A- | Oct 27, 2008

It's clear that Stone hates Nixon with a capital H.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Aug 28, 2008

A convincing blend of Shakespearean tragedy and Citizen Kane, Nixon paints the thirty-seventh President of the United States as a uniquely American tragic hero...[Blu-Ray]

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 20, 2008

Some of Nixon's scenes are standouts, but it's Hopkins' crazy rants that you won't forget.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 19, 2008

A staggering work of empathy for Stone.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 19, 2008

As wayward and self-regarding as its subject, the film long overstays its welcome.

| Jan 26, 2006

The combination of Oliver Stone and Richard Nixon, two paranoids from opposite ends of the political spectrum, is a match made in cinematic heaven.

Full Review | Original Score: 10/10 | Jan 23, 2006

For all its unwieldy temporal scope and narrowness of perspective, Nixon is an amazingly graceful beast, flawed yet invigorating, packed with enough material that will fascinate and irk moviegoers of all stripes for quite a time to come.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 8, 2006

A riveting tragedy.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 5, 2004

A hulking tyrannosaur of a movie, lusty and fierce, crashing around for all the world to see, majestic in its size and scope though it's also an instant anachronism.

| Original Score: A- | Nov 7, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 16, 2004