Movie Review

The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)

EW's GRADE
B+

Details Limited Release: Dec 29, 2004; Rated: R; Length: 95 Minutes; Genre: Drama; With: Sean Penn and Naomi Watts; Distributor: Focus Features

Sean Penn plays the sort of flamboyantly recessive loser-putz (wormy mustache; whiny, begging voice) who, by now, may be more familiar from the movies than he is from real life. Set in 1974, this attempt to create a middle-class Taxi Driver has a creepy, meticulous exactitude.

Originally posted Jan 17, 2005 Published in issue #802 Jan 21, 2005 Order article reprints

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