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4.2
The film consequently has the emotional arc of a sports movie, with the overmatched underdog enduring a vicious beating before staging a stunning come ..
Av Club
4.5
Advertisement Howard hammers home the boxing metaphor a little too hard; he doesnt always trust the power of Morgans words and the mesmerizing perform ..
Av Club
3.5
Director Howard, it seems, has gifted us this Christmas with the legend of Dick Nixon to kick around some more.
Austin Chronicle
3.3
Its not Sheens best performance, but hes likeable nonetheless and his wayward charm, along with Langellas increasing vulnerability as Nixon, goes some ..
Time Out
4.5
While Frost/Nixon has its problems, attracting awards attention for Frank Langella isnt going to be one of them.
Screen Daily
4.1
It makes for wonderful drama, and is possibly the most engrossing scene in the film.
Paste Magazine
5.0
I accept it as a given in the film because this is not a documentary.
Rogerebert
3.0
Langella is the reason to see the film, smuggling his lugubrious Tricky Dicky well past the scripts limited grasp.
Telegraph
4.0
Its only in the films final moments that Howard ratchets up the intensity, slamming home his movies place in this years Oscar race.
Cinema Blend
4.0
Though director Ron Howard pushes the relevancy button too hard the movie isnt as effective as Quiz Show or Good Night, and Good Luck in using TV as a ..
Ny Daily News
3.8
Instead, once again, dogged virtue rises off the canvas to land the final punch, defeating villainy and bringing a sour chapter in American history to ..
The Globe And Mail
3.5
Howard isnt much for poetic touches, though, and tends to fall back on spell it out voiceovers to illuminate the movies ideas about television, how it ..
Philly
3.8
Langella doesnt exactly mimic the awkward jests and gesticulations of Tricky Dick.
Philly
4.0
The limelight can only shine on one of us.For the other, it will be the wilderness.
Spirituality And Practice
3.5
Though it offers nothing new, it does its job in bringing recent history to life through terrific acting by the leads and the use of interesting archi ..
Sover
3.8
Frost/Nixon (2008) 3 Stars (out of 4) Tweet I Am a Crook By Jeffrey M. Anderson Very few filmmakers irritate me more than Ron Howard.I hated, hated mo ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
Peter Morgans hit play about the 1977 TV interviews between David Frost and Richard Nixon makes for a punchy political entertainment, anchored by Fran ..
Chicago Reader
4.0
Howard turns this contest between Michael Sheens playboy and Frank Langellas marvellous old creep into one of the most compelling cinema tangos Ive se ..
The Times
4.5
This is one of the best films of the year.Frost and Nixon are both fascinating characters.
Lariat
3.8
Morgans screenplay and the outstanding lead performances manage to create suspense even when we already know the outcome.
Eric Ds Nider
4.0
Sheen does a nice job conveying the amazingly calm attitude of a man who is risking everything to talk to Nixon.
News Review
3.0
It seems like an exercise mostly for its own sake. But there is also a sense of security with its own limitations.
News Review
4.0
Review Our Score by Andrew Collins This dialogue heavy but utterly compelling history lesson restages David Frosts exclusive 1977 interviews with form ..
Radio Times
2.0
If youre still concerned about the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who may be interested in seeing it, we sugges ..
Screen It
2.0
Yet one feels nagged all the way by its self proclaimed momentousness.
Independent
4.4
Its one for the time capsule.What Langella does is less imitation than total immersion.
Rolling Stone
4.0
Even Master of Overstatement Ron Howard cant undermine the subtlety of Morgans astute script and performances by Sheen and Langella that peel back lay ..
Shadows On The Wall
4.0
The View London Review out ofstarsRunning time:minsBased on the play by Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon stars Michael Sheen as David Frost, a successful Bri ..
View London
3.8
Newsday reveals the All LI teams for the fall 2018 season in nine sports Over 24,000 employees at 116 LI companies were polled on what makes their emp ..
News Day
3.5
Morgan, a far more expansive and witty talent than Stone, has made something of a specialty of inhabiting the psyche of the ruling classes.
Cs Monitor
3.1
In 1962, bruised and shaken by his loss in Californias gubernatorial election, Richard Nixon infamously told the press, You wont have Nixon to kick ar ..
Boston
5.0
POLITICAL thriller Frost/Nixon is one of the best and most surprising movies of the year.
Smh
4.0
It works, but it feels more than a little contrivedso completely designed to give the film a three act structure.
Mountain X
4.0
But theater being a medium of words, and film a medium of images well, here, the case is made visceral, in merciless close ups blown up so much larger ..
Npr
2.5
Despite a cavalcade of talent, Frost/Nixon is a middling thing.It began on the small screen as a series of interviews, shifted to Broadway as a drama ..
Star Tribune
3.8
Despite pedestrian beginnings, which betray the theatrical origins of the production, Frost/Nixon improves dramatically and artistically, and in the e ..
Emanuellevy
5.0
Richard Nixons reputation was in part created by television through broadcasts of the House Un American Activities Committee hearings in the 1940s.His ..
Guardian
2.0
That said, its an effective showcase for Langella, who may never again get a role as juicy as this.
Guardian
4.4
A lot of the beats are a bit too familiar from previous entries in the series, which isnt surprising given that this is the fifth film to play off the ..
Q Network
5.0
It manages to turn the process behind a talk show into a riveting thriller, even though most of us already think we know the outcome.
Daily Mail
4.2
But the pair, taken together, constitute a rewarding study in the opportunities and pitfalls of adaptation.
Ew
5.0
The moment is satisfying, and it feels earned.Langellas Nixon is pleasurable to watch, in a way that makes you want to take a shower immediately after ..
Salon
4.5
Taking its cues from Rocky rather than All the Presidents Men, Morgans compact, satisfying drama presents presidential interviewing as a gladiatorial ..
Slate
5.0
And the picture itself should be on many must see and 10 best lists, all honors it richly deserves.
Observer
3.0
And while the embellishments in the storytelling may have political history aficionados crying foul, they make for fine drama.
Common Sense Media
4.5
Why You Should See It Anyway: Just because I get annoyed by pedestrianI know, critic word, sorrydirection doesnt mean its not entertaining and timely. ..
Movies
5.0
Howard directs the film with ennobling effacement: He takes a terrific screenplay and brings out all its virtues.
Sf Gate
5.0
This very fine movie doesnt make history, but it captures history as few others have.
Time
4.2
A political Clash of the Titans, Frost/Nixon pits a brooding, simian Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) against foxy, narcissistic pseudointellectual Davi ..
Boston Herald
1.9
Frost/Nixon is a trivial afterword to a historical footnote, a showbiz story inflated into a retroactive therapy session for one of 20th century Ameri ..
Slant Magazine
5.0
Its twinkle versus glower in the big screen edition of Peter Morgans theatrical smackdown Frost/Nixon.
The New York Times
5.0
The cut and thrust of the landmark television interviews between the two men forms the basis of Frost/Nixon, a slice of living memory history told wit ..
Express
3.1
Avoiding staginess even as the subject matter threatens to turn it into such, Ron Howard opens up the films world through Salvatore Totinos glossy cin ..
The Movie Boy
4.0
The whole movie is meant to feel like a duel between two men who couldnt be any more different, and its one of many reasons why the film succeeds as w ..
Bullz-Eye
4.2
Awards season draws near but there have been few, thus far, major films that I consider worthy. Frost/Nixon is one of the few.
Reeling Reviews
3.8
Director Ron Howard pulls from the pugilistic experience of Cinderella Man and restages Morgans play as a boxing match between two unlikely and opposi ..
Reeling Reviews
4.5
If ever a movie was in the right place at the right time, its this one, not just for its pitch perfect depiction of a moment in history but for the wh ..
Flickfilosopher
3.0
But ultimately, for all the talent on display, this remains Hollywood ham.High calibre ham, mind.
Total Film
4.4
They have shaped a tragedy that is almost Shakespearean in force.
ReelViews
5.0
Howard is such a gifted filmmaker he makes it all seem effortless easily coaxing two equally superb performances from Langella and Sheen.
Hollywood
3.8
For most of the movies setup, Langellas acclaimed stage performance also rings heavy and false under the microscope of so many movie close ups.
Seattle Pi
2.5
Compiled with more than 40 hours of interviews with Coach Wooden, learn about the man behind the coach.
Tony Medley
3.8
At heart is a study of two wildly ambitious men engaging in a public test of intelligence, wit, and strategy.
Coles Mithey
4.4
In the final equation, though, Frost/Nixon comes down to its essence as a showcase for two well matched actors.Though their work was marginally more p ..
Groucho Reviews
5.0
Frost/Nixon doesnt have much to say about the disgraced president that Oliver Stone, for one, hasnt already explored in more depth, but by the last ta ..
Cnn
3.8
The sequences dealing with the Indian magic spells and potions proves to be the most superfluous aspect of the story and indeed often border on outrig ..
Reel Film
3.8
The film is based on a stage play, but it never feels claustrophobic.Frost/Nixon has some great performances.
Movie Habit
3.0
They definitely deserve it.However, I was left acknowledging a very well made movie with very little worth to take home.
7M Pictures
5.0
Unforgettable, involving and thoroughly entertaining, this is bitingly brilliant cinema.
Urban Cine File
5.0
In addition to the performances and the screenplay, the timing of the movie makes it something special.
Movies Tv Guide
3.0
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Mirror
4.2
Add Langellas transfigurative artistry to the Nixon playbook (and to Oscars).
Varia Gate
5.0
Pleasantly though, this movie doesnt put meaning ahead of entertainment and therefore delivers its message even more effectively.
Three Movie Buffs
5.0
All of these are examples of epic cinematic clashes in recent times.
Digital Spy
4.4
The term distraction is heard often in pro sports when players enter the final year of their contract and dont want to deal with negotiating a contrac ..
New York Post
4.5
Its a fine achievement, and a gripping film.But its not my Richard Nixon: a man who had to hate to preserve a sense of superiority.
Abc
4.0
Sir David Frost is a British TV broadcaster famed both for his no holds barred political interviews and for presenting a popular lighthearted quiz sho ..
Flicks
4.4
And like a highly contested bout, the drama simmers with emotion, excitement, and tension.
Christianity Today
3.8
This screen adaptation of the play is heartily recommended provided you arent likely to be bothered by the fact that its most compelling moments have ..
News Blaze
3.5
Fortunately, its the only hiccup in Ron Howards crisp motion picture; a literate, riveting war of minds that manages to examine a well worn historical ..
Brian Or Ndorf
4.4
What audiences deduce from one shot can create an imprint for how an entire era is remembered and interpreted a force that easily trumps celebrity and ..
The Filmy Ap
5.0
On the surface, Frost/Nixon might seem like a history lesson, but its also as entertaining as any movie out there right now.
Waffle Movies
4.4
But the films highlight is Langella, whose hunched, jowled and phlegmatic voiced portrait captures Nixons intelligence and inner rage.
Js Online
3.5
Its a dramatically inert film because Howard is too often going through the motions instead of breathing life into the piece.
Hollywood Chicago
4.5
Just like the play, the film is driven by Peter Morgans exemplary writing, filled with the same intelligence and clever and wry humor as his previous ..
ComingSoon
5.0
Howards giddily entertaining, sharply observant movie plays like a thriller.
News Week
4.0
Never has the word sorry been harder than when ex President Richard Nixon was forced to apologise to the American public for the Watergate scandal.Tri ..
Sky
4.5
Even his most celebrated works in recent years (A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man) have settled for cloyingly sweet final acts.His best film to this po ..
Sbs
5.0
This weeks TLS November 30, 2018 Our problem with cows; a modern commonplace book; the joy of slogans; listening to poetry once more; the trouble with ..
Entertainment Times Online ..
3.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
3.8
When the movie sticks to its central dramatic conflict, it can be spellbinding.
Chron
4.0
Frank Langella and Michael Sheen star in Frost/Nixon Its certainly a joy to watch its multi award nominated actors spar.
Metro
3.1
Each man is looking for a knockout, and the final interview is the really the title bout.
Scene Stealers
5.0
Its nothing new to complain that movies dont get made for grown ups these days, so when a movie as invigorating, witty, and smart (seriously, this is ..
Dvd Talk
4.5
But as boxing fans know, you have to go the distance before you can be declared the winner.
La Times
2.8
Audiences were given such blockbuster battles as Batman vs The Joker, Iron Man vs Iron Monger, and to a lesser extent Mark Wahlberg vs Trees.
Streaming Quickflix
4.0
When the movie version of Frost/Nixon was being cast, Frank Langella might well have been bypassed. Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty were mentioned, b ..
Tony Mack
3.5
If a slight sense of mustiness remains, Howard brings enough old fashioned spit and polish to cover it up admirably.
Flip Side Archive
3.8
Morgans sense of backstage melodrama is very shrewd.Long answers.
Articles Chicago Tribune
4.4
For a seemingly dry subject, Frost/Nixon crackles with excitement, humor and the thrill of the huntand Langella and Sheen couldnt be better.
People
4.0
I shall come at you with everything I got.Because the limelight can only shine on one of us.
Review Express
4.0
This is a dramatisation rich on character where reaching the pre conceived ending is tense and exciting.
Future Movies
2.5
In terms of condescending narrative handholding, Frost/Nixon has no 2008 rival, as Morgans script and Ron Howards direction maniacally avoid anything ..
Nicks Chager
4.0
The films final 20 minutes delivers a strong payoff without any showy effects, just powerful performances.
Wp Me
5.0
Its a fascinating study in conversation in an age of texting and abbreviation.
Can Mag
3.8
Tulsa, OK (74103) Today A mix of clouds and sun during the morning will give way to cloudy skies this afternoon.A stray shower or thunderstorm is poss ..
Tulsa World
5.0
Or, at least, it shouldnt be entertaining enough to merit rapt attention for two hours.
Toledo Blade
4.5
At the ends of their respective terms, Richard Nixon and George W. Bush were the two least popular presidents in the last half century but Nixon is an ..
Richard Roeper
4.0
But its a fight without a knockout blow.And in this corner, the ultimate lightweight, blow dried disco era TV presenter, Mr.
Articles Orlando Sentinel
1.5
That Frost and Nixons midnight phone call inspires competition rather than compassion is the films central failure.
Ny Press
4.5
Brisk and intense, with Howard and company rising to the challenge of recreating the infamous 1977 television interview David Frost scored with disgra ..
Week In Rewind
5.0
Paul Anka had a comeback with Youre Having My Baby. On Marthas Vineyard, Steven Spielberg and crew were filming Jaws. In fact, if you listen closely, ..
Crazed Fan Boy
4.4
Frost must spend too much precious energy striving to win advertisers and maintain his entertainment career.
Articles Baltimore Sun
3.5
Howard has learned a lesson that Frost learns early in the movie: The American people want a conviction, plain and simple. ... But perhaps what we wan ..
Looking Closer
4.5
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Cine Rina
5.0
Engrossing emotionally and intellectually, this showdown shouldnt be missed.
Paloalto Online
3.8
Indeed, given Nixons lifelong inability to control the medium or come out looking at all decent on it, the film is as much a cheeky celebration of TVs ..
Blog Oregonlive
3.8
The film is consistently compelling and eminently watchable, but thats not enough; it needs a more inspired behind the camera strategy.
M Live
5.0
Frost/Nixon is talky and weighty as it digs into the details of Vietnam and Watergate, but it moves along with a fluidity that keeps it constantly eng ..
Fox News
4.0
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This Is London
5.0
Now news and entertainment are so openly incestuous that, like Palin and Fey, its hard to tell them apart.
Ma Cleans
4.3
This is Nixon among the Lilliputians.That doesnt mean its not enjoyable it is.
Ar Kansas Online
5.0
I have no trouble describing Frost/Nixon as the finest Hollywood film I have seen this year just as long as it is understood that the screenplay was w ..
Louis Proyect Word Press
3.0
And while the movie built around this central performance is a pleasant enough diversion, its a lightweight one, the kind that probably ought to be wi ..
Tnr
2.0
All in all, it put a rather longwinded punctuation mark to an episode of American history that had already provided dozens, maybe hundreds, of hours o ..
Style Weekly
1.5
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Miss Flick Chick
4.5
The interview special itself cant have had the epic significance that the play and movie have lent it, but the foreground character study is precise.
Stop Smiling Online
5.0
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Rossiter Drake
3.8
Hoffmans portrayal is loaded with righteous indignation and just a hint of remorse all in service of Shanleys intent to leave us questioning whos righ ..
Entertainment Sltrib
3.5
There are a lot more directors with a signature style than there ones that can consistently deliver solid entertainment.
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3.5
Frost/Nixon does manage to provide an engaging view, suspenseful even to those of us who remember how things ended up.
Spokes Man
4.4
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4.2
To luxuriate in Langellas magnificent performance as a man unable to small talk, unable to pet a dachshund convincingly, who can feel only privately i ..
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