
The 30th of March, 1981, the delusional John Hinckley Jr. tries to kill president Ronald Reagan. His life hangs on a thin thread at the hospital, while the Soviet Union is ready to invade a Poland on the brink of a revolution. Based on actual events during the final stages of the cold war.... (Full plot summary below)
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The 30th of March, 1981, the delusional John Hinckley Jr. tries to kill president Ronald Reagan. His life hangs on a thin thread at the hospital, while the Soviet Union is ready to invade a Poland on the brink of a revolution. Based on actual events during the final stages of the cold war.
Leave your thoughts about The Day Reagan Was Shot.
| Apollo GuideRyan CracknellA boring and over-the-top exploitation of a day a president was nearly killed and his government was sent into chaos. |
| New York Magazine/VultureJohn Leonard... as stylish as Thirteen Days when executive producer Oliver Stone isn't hitting us with his big stick. |
| User ReviewKeldon MVery good, tasteful story of Reagan and a sympathetic portrayal of Haig; Bush is played well. Hinckley is shown to be disturbed and crazy without casting him as being misunderstood as sympathetic |
| User ReviewAj SA very interesting film. I don't know how truthful or accurate it really is, but it is compelling and intriguing. |
| User ReviewMartin BDecent movie about a very confued republican party that just won the election and has its president Reagan shot early on. At the same time Poland is fearing an imminent invasion of the russians simular to the one of Hungary in 1956 Richard Crenna doen't look much like Reagan but makes a quite good performance of the actor not much of a politician and Richard Dreyfuss is always most fun to watch when he plays upset, very close to a heart attack |