„Subtlety can be an overrated virtue. To his credit, Stone doesn't leave himself the out of being misinterpreted. But his heavy-handed symbolism is laughable. […] Hopkins' exaggerated portrayal of Nixon is the linchpin of a film that in its conception and presentation consistently veers into camp.“ – Rezension von Mick LaSalle im San Francisco Chronicle vom 20. Dezember 1995, abgerufen am 3. Mai 2012.
„"Nixon" is an audacious biography rich in imagination and originality, with a provocative, often subversive sense of character and history. […] In the end, Stone's attitude is something of a cheat. After all the crimes and expletives undeleted, the director seems to be saying that Nixon was a man like any other -- partly good, partly bad. In doing so he does what all sons symbolically do to their fathers: He cuts him down to size. […] Still, without question, "Nixon" dwarfs everything in the American cinema since "Schindler's List."“ – Nixon: A Heart of Stone. Rezension von Hal Hinson in der Washington Post vom 22. Dezember 1995, abgerufen am 3. Mai 2012.
