Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
HBO | Release Date: August 4, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
NewsdayVerne GayAug 5, 2014
Season 1 Review: Fascinating and deeply troubling. Read full review
80
Denver PostJoanne OstrowAug 5, 2014
Season 1 Review: You may have read the transcripts over the years, but to hear the dialog, now on the eve of the 40th anniversary of his Aug. 9, 1974 resignation, is newly eye-opening. Read full review
80
The New York TimesMike HaleAug 5, 2014
Season 1 Review: The strange little documentary Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words is engrossing despite itself. Read full review
80
Washington PostHank StueverAug 5, 2014
Season 1 Review: Though not as artfully constructed as Penny Lane’s excellent documentary “Our Nixon,” which aired last year on CNN, Nixon by Nixon is similarly judicious in its use of visuals and old footage. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyAug 5, 2014
Season 1 Review: Despite the overload of information we’ve acquired about Nixon in the years since, the tapes still have the power to jar. Read full review
60
PopMattersCynthia FuchsAug 5, 2014
Season 1 Review: While the picture it provides is certainly strange and paradoxical, it is also limited. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyAug 5, 2014
Season 1 Review: A larger shortcoming of the documentary is that it shows Nixon in an almost unrelievedly unflattering light. His presidency had substantial achievements to go with the failures and fiascoes, and he was a far more complex man than the relentlessly grim bozo seen and heard here. Read full review
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