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A balanced and sober film from Stone, NIXON eschews the visual pyrotechnics and jukebox theorising of JFK to present a brooding and careful character study.
A remarkably balanced and sober film from Stone, NIXON eschews the visual pyrotechnics and jukebox theorising of JFK to present a brooding character study more akin to... more >
A remarkably balanced and sober film from Stone, NIXON eschews the visual pyrotechnics and jukebox theorising of JFK to present a brooding character study more akin to Shakespearean tragedy than Hollywood biography. Perhaps Stone wanted to do the opposite of what was expected of him; NIXON certainly differs from his previous films in terms of human drama and roles for women. Offering an impression of Nixon rather than an impersonation, Hopkins slowly gets under the skin of the character and is allowed by Stone to portray the man as a flawed human being, as opposed to the deceitful monster that pop history often judges him to be. Equally impressive is Joan Allen as Pat Nixon: portraying an archetypal long suffering wife, she also brings a solid dignity to film that elicits more sympathy for the Nixon marriage. NIXON is an absorbing and necessary film. < less
