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Metascore
38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoIt's a deeply affecting performance, and it drives this quietly powerful, unrelenting film.
- 70The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasComparisons to "Taxi Driver" are unavoidable and mostly unflattering to Mueller's film, but Assassination engages more directly with the political fissures of the time, which deeply divided the nation.
- 70Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonMoody, pretentious, but potent.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThis is another movie where politics trump the narrative.
- 60The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisThat The Assassination of Richard Nixon is as well directed, acted and shot as it is makes Mr. Mueller's inability to invest his film with significance all the more disappointing.
- 50VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyPenn's magnetism and hesitant line delivery create what interest there is, although the whole picture suffers from a central figure who can never get it together on any level.
- 50New York Magazine (Vulture)Ken TuckerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Ken TuckerPenn is mostly in "I Am Sam mode" here, doing a lot of shoe-gazing and mumbly-talk, but not without adding an edge of bitter intelligence to his character; he's just too good an actor to merely repeat himself, even when the material encourages him to.
- 50Film ThreatFilm ThreatThe primary problem with The Assassination of Richard Nixon comes in its attempts to make drama out of a minor man's minor stab at infamy.
- 50USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkEven if audiences can get by the tasteless shock title, it's tough to figure who will ever watch this movie - even when it's on cable.
- 50L.A. WeeklyDavid ChuteL.A. WeeklyDavid ChuteThis often gripping but also unremittingly grim and drab account of these events is a "Taxi Driver" without the cathartic finale.