Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell
A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
DVD Release Date: April 21, 2009
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Flixster Reviews (7,499)
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November 10, 2009Frost/Nixon is the story about the historic interviews by a British journalist who got a post-pardon Richard Nixon to admit he was a crook. This movie is proof positive that Ron Howard can actually make a good movie once in a very great while but mostly the movie revolves around ...( read more)
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October 1, 2009I'm generally not a big fan of Ron Howard unless I'm watching a repeat of happy Days but I'm pleased to say he has made an outstanding film. The cast are brilliant but Langella and Sheen are in a class of their own. I thought that while for the most part the characters are handle...( read more)
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September 4, 2009Ron Howard crafts another great film (as if he knows how to make any other type?), this time concerning the Frost interview session that ultimately led to Nixon admitting his part in the Watergate scandal and subsequent coverup attempts. Liberties were taken in this to make it mo...( read more)
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July 18, 2009Ron Howard is very good at taking great material and making it as cliched as possible. Not a compliment.
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July 14, 2009Powerful central performances make this surprisingly suspenseful film a delight to watch.
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November 20, 2009I was looking forward to seeing this movie but missed it when it was playing in theaters. It is a great film with an amazing performance by Frank Langella. The enjoyment of the film is certainly heightened if you know some information about Nixon and Watergate before you watch th...( read more)
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November 20, 2009Subdued but interesting. The interviews really were like a verbal sparring reminiscent of a boxing match. Frost`s character wasn`t exactly amazing or particularly likeable and that goes for everyone else in this show other than Nixon, who was confident, charming and flawed - but ...( read more)
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November 19, 2009This is a very different Ron Howard effort. Frank Langella gives a superior and more convincing Nixon personification than Hopkins did, but I am convinced that a day in which Howard surpasses himself and makes a great film will come. This time, he attempts to be liberal, but ends...( read more)
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November 19, 2009I hate films that deal with anything regarding history because any Handy Harold would go to the library or God forbid read if he was interested in how much of a cock Nixon was. They take license and give you a fictionalized account of something that isn't all that nut grabbingly ...( read more)
Critic Reviews
January 23, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
December 30, 2008
Michael Sragow, The Baltimore Sun
Ron Howard has made his best movie with Frost/Nixon, an electric political drama with a skin-prickling immediacy. full review
December 25, 2008
Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
Ultimately, Frost/Nixon may be stuck in time -- but, oh, what a time it was. full review
December 25, 2008
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
All this makes for great entertainment on the big screen, though the real legacy of the Nixon interviews is more vexing than Morgan would have us understand. full review
December 12, 2008
Kurt Loder, MTV
The film is mostly talk, but it's sharp, punchy talk, and the picture is sometimes thrilling to watch. full review
December 12, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
An absorbing film replete with telling moments and powerful performances. full review
December 12, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Despite a cavalcade of talent, Frost/Nixon is a middling thing. full review
December 12, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
When the movie sticks to its central dramatic conflict, it can be spellbinding. full review
December 12, 2008
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Despite a moving, canny incarnation of the man by Frank Langella, despite a slickly entertaining coffee-table production as only Ron Howard knows how, the movie feels cooked up. In the name of dramati... full review
December 12, 2008
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Like Doubt, this week's other stage-to-screen adaptation, director Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon pours old-fashioned theatrical juice into a cinematic bottle and lets the actors drink it up. full review
Comments
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April 28, 2009You can see a great interview with Ron Howard about F/N here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll66KbkY6FI&feature=channel_page
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