The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Bureaucracy can surely make you crazy, but this might be taking it a tad too far. Based on true events from the '70s, Samuel Bicke (Sean Penn) feels like he needs to make a stand or remain a trivial part of... Full review

I was expecting a film with a little more action and suspense. This was soooooo boring! Though Sean Penn does an amazing job in his performance, it can't bring me to like this movie. I think it was titled wrong. The... Full review

I felt so sad when this was over because I know there are so many people who feel so disenfranchised and don't know how to recover. This movie was about a man who slowly disintegrates in front of everyone's eyes. It... Full review

This movie was kind of a disapointment to me, because it was boring and doesn't concentrate on Richard Nixon that much. I wouldn't recommend this movie.... Full review

It's not a copy cat of taxi driver, though it is aware of its similarities (i.e. the seen where he talks to the lamps with the pistol). The film is reminiscent of Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky. Penn's performance is devastating... Full review

I liked this film and Sean Penn continues to show he's one of the best actors around. Sam Bicke is a guy who has noble aspirations but can't seem to pick his battles and ends pissing all the other characters off.... Full review

Penn is decent in this movie, but it drags the entire time, by the time you finally get to the end, you don't care about the corny, predictable end.... Full review

This was a good bit of acting by Sean Penn to portray such a creepy character. Somehow it was very entertaining to watch his downfall. I especially love that he sent all those tapes to a maestro. Being born in the... Full review

this movie is not that good and however exciting u may feel to hear the name it will be commensurated by ur disappointment........acting and story is not dat good + the pace of the movie is tooo slow and i cant... Full review

This is one of the finest examples of great American acting I have seen. The script is tight, the performances are first rate, and the ending is a big surprise. Based on a true story, this film will keep you interested... Full review

Penn remains timid throughout the film, allowing the audience to feel each tread on our protagonist's existence.... ... Full Review

Penn remains timid throughout the film, allowing the audience to feel each tread on our protagonist's existence..... ... Full Review

Director Niels Mueller can't elevate Bicke's story to the level of TAXI DRIVER, but he does get great performances from a top cast, Sean Penn as the deranged dreamer, Naomi Watts as his long-suffering wife, Don Cheadle as his friend and, above all, Jack Thompson in a great performance as his blustering employer, the epitome of all the Nixon era stood for. ... Full Review

Mueller was able to mine the transcripts of Byck's tapes as a basis for his film, which artfully blends fact with fiction. He is powerfully portrayed by Sean Penn, with a strong supporting cast including Naomi Watts, Jack Thompson and Don Cheadle. ... Full Review

A flashback takes us back a year: Sam has begun a new job in an office furniture business under the tutelage of expansive yet clinical master salesman Jack Jones (the highly effective Jack Thompson). We see him visiting his estranged wife, Marie (Naomi Watts) and their children, paying a visit to his brother's business when he knows he is out and dropping in on an old friend (Don Cheadle) with whom he dreams of starting up a business. ... Full Review

Anybody that has watched the Oscars knows that the annual Oscar nominees are usually movies that aren't big blockbusters. Sometimes the Oscar awards come along and the viewers haven't even heard of some of the nominees. ... Full Article

Mr Invisible, with low self esteem and good reason for it, is sliding down the pole of his life.His personal woes drag him into a general disillusionment with America, nay the whole world. ... Full Article

Family trouble?Crap job?Nation in the dumps?Why, its probably George Bu... sorry, Richard Nixons fault.Or so thinks Sean Penns Samuel J Bicke. ... Full Article

Sean Penn plays one of the roles which he's so good at - of the edgy, angry, marginalised man - like in Dead Man Walking. ... Full Article

The Assassination of Richard Nixon " (R): Niels Mueller's film, based on the true story of Sam Bicke -- who planned to kill President Nixon on Feb. 22, 1974 -- lays down such inevitable train tracks, you assume there will... ... Full Article

Feb. 3, 2005 | I'm probably not supposed to give props to the competition like this, but I recently saw New York Times movie critic A.O. ... Full Article