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Frost/Nixon

2008

Ron Howard

Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones ...

7.0

16,665

Drama A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon. For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The film begins as a fascinating inside look at the TV news business and then tightens into a spellbinding thriller (...) Frank Langella and Michael Sheen do not attempt to mimic their characters, but to embody them (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] is less a political movie than a boxing film without the gloves"
		Ian Nathan Empire	"Stirring stuff that works thrillingly as drama, and should make Sheen a star, even if it compromises on historical insight. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It never quite escapes its stage origins, and under a glitzy surface of period stylings doesn't seem to have much to say (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It does work, spectacularly (...) A movie laced with tension, stinging wit and potent human drama (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"A soothing, agreeably amusing experience, more palliative than purgative. Anchored by its first-rate leads (...) the movie is a talkathon embellished with camera movements"
		Javier Ocaña Diario El País	"Stories of lost crowns lend themselves to drama, but not necessarily audience-pleasing entertainments, which may explain why Frost/Nixon registers as such a soothing, agreeably amusing experience, more palliative than purgative."

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