This is a splendid film that's genuinely fascinating and gripping, and you don't get many of those for the pound these days.

| Aug 29, 2018

In its glib and reductionist way, it works like a charm. Or better yet, like television. Which, finally, is a compliment.

| Oct 28, 2014

The magnificently-flawed former US president Richard Milhous Nixon, as embodied by Frank Langella, is a magnetic presence in Ron Howard's adaptation of Peter Morgan's stageplay.

Full Review | Oct 28, 2014

You never feel like you're watching a play on film: The way Morgan has opened up the proceedings in his screenplay feels organic under the direction of Ron Howard, who has crafted his finest film yet, and one of the year's best.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 28, 2014

Many viewers will just go along with Frost/Nixon because of how great Sheen and Langella absolutely are.

Full Review | Oct 28, 2014

Stirring stuff that works thrillingly as drama, and should make Sheen a star, even if it compromises on historical insight.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 23, 2009

The outcome isn't half as conflicted as you might imagine, though it's hard to argue that Howard brings anything new to Morgan's play.

| Original Score: 4/6 | Jan 23, 2009

It sounds like an awful night out in the cinema. But you will be amazed. In Frost/Nixon Ron Howard turns this duel between Michael Sheen's glossy playboy and Frank Langella's shifty ex-President into a gripping tango of egos.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 23, 2009

I found myself disconcerted and underwhelmed by a hugely anticipated movie. It never quite escapes its stage origins, and under a glitzy surface of period stylings doesn't seem to have much to say.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 23, 2009

Langella is the reason to see the film, smuggling his lugubrious Tricky Dicky well past the script's limited grasp. It's a superb performance, looming like a spectre over the words and deeds of "misunderestimated" politicians everywhere.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 23, 2009

Most surprising of all, you may even feel a twinge of sympathy. Whether or not Nixon deserves it, this drama definitely deserves a look.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 23, 2009

Director Ron Howard, less an artist of film like Van Sant, more a resourceful pro, lays his cloak down for the miraculous script and makes sure everyone can walk with dry feet towards the awards ceremonies.

| Jan 23, 2009

One feels nagged all the way by its self-proclaimed momentousness.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 23, 2009

A joy to watch its multi-award-nominated actors spar.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 23, 2009

Devoid of heroes, Frost/Nixon is a film about filming. And - perhaps because I ducked the play and loathed The Queen - I enjoyed every minute of it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 23, 2009

Frost/Nixon is no crowd-pleaser or jaw-dropper. But it IS two actors at their peak talking beautiful words, in front of a camera.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 23, 2009

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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 25, 2008

Plays often lose their energy when adapted for the screen. But even on the stage, Frost/Nixon had a cinematic dynamism, and Howard has only enhanced that quality.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 25, 2008

Ultimately, Frost/Nixon may be stuck in time -- but, oh, what a time it was.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 25, 2008

Sometimes a good movie can be transformed into something great by a powerful third act.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 21, 2008