Starring Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Hall
Ron Howard gets the job of making the hit stage show suitable for the stage. And in Howard fashion, there's a lift of joy and inspiration for the talk. Because that's what this film about. Talking.
David Frost's infamous chat with disgraced US president Richard Nixon is put into play with such enjoyable fair. There's fun to be had, although sometimes I do feel like the film was meant to be much more sinister. Howard doesn't want to go down this route. And instead we get a political drama with very little politics. Understandably. If it was laid with heavy political talk, the audience would yawn.
Michael Sheen is great fun as David Frost. Frank Langella stays clear of playing a villain. Which could have been fun if he pulled a Skelletor - but then Nixon might have been a scarier Master of the Universe.
4/5
If you like this you should try
A Beautiful Mind (2001) 3/5
The Queen (2006) 4/5
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