Excellent film that reenacts the Frost/Nixon interviews in the 70s. The film has a very liberal skew (it's about Nixon, duh!) tht is annoying at timnes. Most of this liberalism comes in teh trio of secondary characters working for Frost.
For me the film's strength lives in the relationship between Frost and Nixon. Nixon's assumption (correct at first) that he can steamroll Frost is what moves the story along.
Both Langella and ??? give strong performances. The competitive yet respectful relationship between the two makes one's head spin when compared with modern political media relationships. Langella performance is so strong that at times you think you are looking at Nixon in spite of the lack of makeup. ???'s performance shows a man whose confidence in himself is transformed over the course of the interviews.
The most surprising moment for me is when Langella plays a song on the piano. It is not until the credits are nearly over that we find out the song was actually composed by Richard Nixon.
This is one of the most solid films I've seen over the past year. Artistically it is beautiful---acting, directing, writing, cinematography. Ron Howard has the ability to know what needs to be in a film, not a frame is wasted.
See again? Can we go now?
Get on DVD? Absolutely.
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