President Richard Nixon (Anthony Hopkins) frets over the tapes as he is harassed by calls of impeachment. We are brought back to when he loses the election to JFK. He is left for politically dead as he blames the media. He has his supporters especially the Cuba contingent. Eventually he gets his opening to fight another day. There are also flashbacks to his childhood as Oliver Stone tries to weave a portrait of the man.
This is a political epic about one man. It definitely has Stone's cinematic skills but it is also filled with his personal point of view. It is noticeable which puts some of the movie's validity to question. However, there is no questioning the compelling performance by Hopkins. He is a flawed man always fighting enemies. It's a great performance. The movie is a bit long at over three hours. It's trying to span such a vast period of time and the man lived a big life.
This is a political epic about one man. It definitely has Stone's cinematic skills but it is also filled with his personal point of view. It is noticeable which puts some of the movie's validity to question. However, there is no questioning the compelling performance by Hopkins. He is a flawed man always fighting enemies. It's a great performance. The movie is a bit long at over three hours. It's trying to span such a vast period of time and the man lived a big life.