Really indulgent and nasty.

Unfathomably horrible.

An extraordinary one-man show with superb direction from Robert Altman. Philip Baker Hall IS Nixon!

Cheap shots to be had, but quite a few hit the mark. Most of the bunk is in the end.

An exceptionally interesting film, done on a shoestring with a rightfully famous, career making turn from Philip Baker Hall. The sustained level of intensity of the performance alone is impressive. My only complaint is that it gets a little wearying after awhile. Quick note: Anyone who complains that this film is unfair to Nixon hasn't listened to the actual Watergate tapes. The real Dick Nixon was a bottomless well of bile and resentment.

I know it's not about the impression, but I mean, it's kinda about the impression. Not for a moment did I believe that Hall was this alternate-reality Nixon. Not just his voice, but his mannerisms or stutters or flightiness didn't fit with the persona we all know. It's a great idea for a film, but it's not a great film.

A great performance from Philip Baker Hall, and I didn't mind that it was over the top. Now I am too young to have been around when Nixon was President, but from what I know about Nixon, Hall did a great job. Not many films can work decently with one actor and one room, but this Altman film did.

It may be nothing more than a caricature - you won't find an actor chewing more scenery this side of Al Pacino in Scarface - but it's a compelling caricature, and an excellent performance by Philip Baker Hall. Some of the ideas are comical - Nixon as mama's boy, on his knees, barking like a dog in particular - but Hall's portrayal of Nixon's megalomania is electrifying. It's impressive how Altman makes essentially a 90-minute monologue so compelling - his restless camera contributes to this.

Very cool performance from Philip Baker Hall. I find it interesting that a one-man show is the exact opposite of what Robert Altman has built his career off of. Yet, it all seems to come naturally to him.

Probably my favorite performance in a film. Phillip Baker Hall is completely captivating in this one-man show. It's over the top in all the best ways, and a perfect project for someone like Robert Altman to adapt.

I think it would've worked much better as a stage play than a film. Philip Baker Hall's portrayal of Nixon just feels so over-the-top in certain points, his physical score could be considered a dance number in certain parts with how much he moves. It just didn't feel like Nixon to me. Still it's interesting speculation on Nixon but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't bored by the end of the 90 minute film.

The film's major problem is the peformance from Philip Baker Hall. The film is so meditative that Hall's completely manic and over-the-top performance just doesn't work. It's like watching Frank Booth from Blue Velvet play Richard Nixon. This probably would work on stage, but it doesn't translate well to film at all.

Feels like a smear campaign, kicking a man when he's down. I'm not a Nixon fan, but surely this over-the-top portrayal of him as a bumbling, demented mama's boy is unnecessary. It's a caricature of one of an easy target. Fortunately some substance and complexity does come through, and there are interesting ideas here and there. But it's buried under an awful lot of mean-spirited nastiness. Hall is to be commended for tackling what must have been an extraordinarily difficult performance.