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37 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeaturing hilarious yet acutely observed performances by Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey as the titular characters, Elvis & Nixon, receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, is a hoot.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreAnd so it does in the deft and delightful Elvis & Nixon, a short, quick and clever recreation of the how that came to pass and an imagined version of the conversation that could have taken place.
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeWhile its sense of humor takes some gettin’ used to, the sheer spaciness of Liza Johnson’s stranger-than-fiction political satire ultimately proves its greatest asset.
- 60The GuardianNigel M SmithThe GuardianNigel M SmithWhen you have two of today’s best working actors acting on a high-wire to do justice to two of the most recognisable figures of the 20th century, it’s best to keep the focus solely located on them.
- 50Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThe film is taken with comfy gags that celebrate these men's ownership of pop culture, filtering them through a lens of unrevealing caricature.
- 40Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonThe filmmakers rarely go beyond being pleased with how strange this convergence of pop-culture and political figures must have been, and so Elvis & Nixon comes across as both thimble-deep and distractingly self-satisfied.
- Johnson’s film is filled with tedium instead of delirium.
- 40Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlOutside of Shannon's performance, Elvis & Nixon is enough to make you long for the nuance of Kissin' Cousins.
- 35TheWrapSam FragosoTheWrapSam FragosoInoffensive as it is inconsequential, this first foray into big-budget filmmaking from director Liza Johnson (“Hateship Loveship”) is a painful disappointment from start to finish, a frustratingly safe and unimaginative effort that squanders the potential of its story.
- 33IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichTold with the gravitas of a comedy sketch and the edginess of the funny pages, Elvis & Nixon at least has the good sense to appreciate that its namesakes were larger than life, each walled off from the world in their own way.