Our Nixon
CNN | Release Date: August 1, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Washington PostHank StueverAug 1, 2013
Season 1 Review: Our Nixon is mainly a collage of images and sounds that tell a familiar story in an entirely new and mesmerizing way. Read full review
80
VarietyBrian LowryAug 1, 2013
Season 1 Review: Accompanied by interviews as well as audio from the secret tapes Nixon recorded in the White House, it’s a truly absorbing look at the 37th president and the devoted insiders who surrounded him--and in several instances went to jail in his service. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzAug 1, 2013
Season 1 Review: This highly personal view of the Nixon years is, for obvious reasons, a sad and wrenching one--a film that is nonetheless filled with spirit, humor and a beautiful sense of irony. Read full review
80
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinAug 1, 2013
Season 1 Review: The result is a blend that’s sometimes funny, occasionally poignant and fitfully horrifying. There are flashes of a Nixon rarely glimpsed or perhaps even suspected. Read full review
70
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandAug 1, 2013
Season 1 Review: The retrieved home movie footage creates a lambent prism through which the '70s seem like a simpler time. It also makes Our Nixon a uniquely dynamic time capsule. Read full review
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