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The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
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Reviews Counted:129
Fresh:88
Rotten:41
Average Rating:6.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A chilling drama that explores and exposes the dark side of the American Dream, THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON focuses on the prescient and tragic true story of Sam Bicke (Penn), a... A chilling drama that explores and exposes the dark side of the American Dream, THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON focuses on the prescient and tragic true story of Sam Bicke (Penn), a disillusioned "everyman" who, in 1974, was driven to plot the assassination of the 37th President of the United States. Despite the fact that his marriage is breaking up and that he is trapped in a sales job he finds demeaning, Sam tries desperately to succeed both at home and in the workplace; all he wants is to win his family back and to start a business of his own. However, in a society worn down by political corruption and the Vietnam War, there is not much room left for dreamers. Sam's world unravels against the backdrop of the Watergate scandal, which exposes culpability at the highest levels of society. With images of Nixon-- “the greatest salesman of them all”-- flooding the airwaves, Sam believes he has found the person responsible for his, and America’s, problems and makes his appointment with destiny. With this role, which is the diametric opposite to his Oscar-winning triumph in last year’s MYSTIC RIVER, Penn proves that he is at the very peak of his career, delivering a quietly explosive performance that is at once heartbreaking and horrifying. Though set in an America of thirty years ago, THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON, particularly its shattering dénouement, achieves an eerie topicality and resonance in our equally disillusioned, post-9/11 era. -- © ThinkFilm [More]
Starring: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson
Starring: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson, Brad Henke, Nick Searcy, Michael Wincott, Mykelti Williamson, April Grace, Leonardo DiCaprio
Director: Niels Mueller
Director: Niels Mueller
Screenwriter: Niels Mueller, Kevin Kennedy
Producer: Alfonso Cuaron, Jorge Vergara
Studio: ThinkFilm
Reviews for The Assassination of Richard Nixon
An engaging, thought-provoking drama that is frequently unbearably moving thanks to career best work from Sean Penn.
One of the most successful attempts to tell the tale of an, ultimately, criminal person without ever forcing us to condone his crimes.
Debut writer/director Neils Mueller (co-writer on "Tadpole") stitches together an ambiguous meditation on the pervasive affects of government corruption during the Nixon Administration that led a Baltimore man to attempt to kill the President by hijacking
The film manages something quite remarkable, both a compassion for Bicke's wounded sense of life's betrayals, and stark revulsion for the personal logic of his bloody remedy.
(...) Niels Mueller (...) conduce el relato con seguridad y tensión creciente hacia el inevitable estallido de violencia final.
There are good things about the movie, but it finally trips itself up on its two-fisted seriousness.
It's a small and quiet drama, but it's also one that sucks you in quite smoothly. Penn, as always, is fantastic.
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