Rating of
1.5/4
Too much of Stone's hatred.
Ichabod Crane - wrote on 09/15/08
The problem with this film is stone makes it clear he hates Nixon. At every turn he makes him look as bad as possible. Saying outrageous things about him, which have no evidence. And his constant comparison to Kennedy is just annoying, because it does not stop. Nixon's good points are constantly smudged over, and are basically hidden from sight by Stone. Anthony Hopkins gives a strange performance and a highly inaccurate one. Nixon walks like some sort of troll, his voice is bizarre, it just is stone's own perception of him visually therefore inaccurate.
Oscar Nominee Best Actor Anthony Hopkins 1/5- this might be mostly Oliver Stone's fault but Nixon is portrayed far too poorly. Even if you extremely dislike Nixon this is not accurate in anyway. He acts way to strange and seems like a freak of some sort who would never be able to accomplish anything. Hopkins in fact attempts a vocal imitation and fails that too himself.
