Synopsis
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
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Cast
- Anthony HopkinsRichard Nixon
- Joan AllenPat Nixon
- Powers BootheAlexander Haig
- Ed HarrisE. Howard Hunt
- Bob HoskinsJ. Edgar Hoover
- E.G. MarshallJohn Mitchell
- David PaymerRon Ziegler
- David Hyde PierceJohn Dean
- Paul SorvinoHenry Kissinger
- Mary SteenburgenHannah Nixon
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
It takes on the resonance of classic tragedy. Tragedy requires the fall of a hero, and one of the achievements of Nixon is to show that greatness was within his reach. - 75
ReelViews
In this motion picture, Oliver Stone presents his vision of the forces that drove and motivated the late President. And, factual or not, there's no denying that Nixon has moments when it is nothing short of compelling. - 75
Rolling Stone
It's gripping psychodrama -- just don't confuse Nixon with history. The revelation that comes with unbiased research remains a Stone's throw away. - 70
The New York Times
Mr. Stone's compassion for his subject overwhelms his film's false moves. And the barrage of undramatized, undigested data gives way to a much tighter and more artful vision...the film starts snowballing its way to real dramatic power. [20 Dec 1995, p.C11] - 70
Washington Post
You may disagree with some of the screenplay's characterizations, assertions and interpretations, but you will not be bored. - 70
Washington Post
Nixon is an audacious biography rich in imagination and originality, with a provocative, often subversive sense of character and history. Dense and challenging, it is also undermined in places by Stone's obsessions just as dramatically as Richard Nixon was undermined by his. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Nixon is in many ways an impressive, well-crafted piece of work. With name actors in more than 20 parts, it is as intelligently cast as any movie this year, and includes at least one exceptional performance, though not the one you're expecting. - 50
Austin Chronicle
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.
