The Assassination Of Richard Nixon
The Mad Story of a True Man…
In the winter of 1974, a time of great political unrest, Samuel J. Bicke (Sean Penn) is a forty-four year old man who wants to believe in something anything. But at every turn, his faith in himself and the world around him is undermined. He is separated from his wife (Naomi Watts), estranged from his brother (Michael Wincott) and he is struggling to hold onto a job for which he is fundamentally unfit.
As his world falls down around him, Bicke is driven to find an answer and Richard Nixon, described by his boss (Jack Thompson) as the greatest salesman in history because he swindled the American people twice, becomes the embodiment of everything that is wrong in the world.
Critic Reviews:
- " The film delivers a highly enjoyable thing: Sean Penn's portentous performance. " – Alberto Abuín
- " 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. " – Prairie Miller
- " It's a small and quiet drama, but it's also one that sucks you in quite smoothly. Penn, as always, is fantastic. " – Scott Weinberg