Nice, but not genius

Rating: 6/10 (12 January 2009)

This film is of good work. it's well played, well directed and even better written. i love Zimmers score.
but at the end this movie is just on of the top of this year. unlike Slumdog Millionaire or The Dark Knight, which will remain forever.
i like Frank Langella. his portrait of Nixon is very well composed and emotionaly authentic. but his emotional depth can never run with Penns portrait of Harvey Milk or with Mickey Rourke, who luckily had the opportunity to play mostly himself.
Martin Sheen was great, too. but as always - i don't know if it are the scripts or he himself - he is not able to give his character real depth or make it a complex, interesting character.
Ron Howard made all out of this movie, that could have been done with it. that's great. but with a dark Knight or a Slumdog Millionaire you can do better. and Nolan and Boyle did!