Frost/Nixon

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Plot Frost/Nixon is the story of the David Frost's (Michael Sheen) interview with Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) in the aftermath of his presidential resignation. It begins with David Frost striving to make a living in the entertainment world, and then buying the rights to an interview with Richard Nixon. Frost is playboy who does not take preparation as seriously as Nixon does. The early interviews go poorly, but in the end, Frost achieves a very human emotional interview with Nixon.

Review: The dialogue is great during this movie. It runs like a play with verbally driven story, told in an interesting way. I learned to care about both Frost and Nixon. Both Michael Sheen and Frank Langella had top performances. This movie had some interesting parts with Frost's personal life, and I suppose this was a serious movie on a serious topic, but a movie needs to be more than the sum of its parts. It was not that fun to watch, and it just is not Best Movie of the Year caliber.

Cast and crew:
Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Rebecca Hall; written by Peter Morgan; directed by Ron Howard

Rating
3.0+


More Talented dialogue, interesting performances, on a serious topic -- I just didn't like it that much.