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Movie critics combined give Frost/Nixon (2008) a score of 3.1309 out of 4
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Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for HDFest.com (Gerald Wright)HDFest.com (Gerald Wright)
I find this film adaptation fascinating as the characters manage to play sincere scenes without taking a license in fictionalizing true accounts. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at HDFest.com (Gerald Wright)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)
If there's a single misstep in Ron Howard's expertly calibrated Frost/Nixon, it eluded me. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Even if the historical value is only of minor interest to you, Frost/Nixon remains a great human tragedy about two men who meet on a televised battleground, knowing that it's do-or-die time. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for About.com (Rebecca Murray)About.com (Rebecca Murray)
Frost/Nixon is actually one of the more interesting, intriguing, and entertaining films of 2008. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at About.com (Rebecca Murray)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Entertaining and compelling for the battle of wills instead of the historical rehash ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (John P. McCarthy)ReelTalk Movie Reviews (John P. McCarthy)
Ron Howard's mainstream sensibility is just what Peter Morgan's play needed to make a seamless transition from stage to screen. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at ReelTalk Movie Reviews (John P. McCarthy)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Frost/Nixon surges with an energy and visual verve that improve the play and enhance the themes of dramatist Peter Morgan's script. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Beliefnet (Nell Minow)Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
A gripping story of the craving of two very different men for power and acceptance that becomes a larger story of accountability and meaning. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Onion AV Club (Nathan Rabin)Onion AV Club (Nathan Rabin)
Frost/Nixon finds an intriguing new angle on one of history's most documented and fascinating figures. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Onion AV Club (Nathan Rabin)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Ray Greene)Boxoffice Magazine (Ray Greene)
Where other Nixon movies have focused on high drama and constitutional crisis, this one finds the most compelling truths in anecdotal detail -- an approach Morgan has raised to the level of high art. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Ray Greene)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Ron Howard has taken a great play and made it even better, perfectly preserving the performances by Langella and Sheen that made Peter Morgan's work so special. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
Seldom have two people talking packed such a punch. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)
Frost/Nixon could be the best political film in a year that's had more than its share of good ones. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Howard and Morgan have transformed this story into something more than an embellished re-telling of recent history. They have shaped a tragedy that is almost Shakespearean in force ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Riveting political film taken from the Broadway play featuring former President Nixon's attempt to regain popularity by engaging in four interviews hosted by journalist David Frost. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Peter Howell)Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
That this much drama can be wrung out of the Frost/Nixon conversations is no small achievement. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Anchored by an outstanding performance by Frank Langella, this stage-to-screen adaptation doesn't feel rooted to the boards like so many others have been. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Lou Lumenick)New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Whatever problems Nixon might have with Nixon/Frost, Langella's magnetic performance would probably bring a smile to Tricky Dick's famously perspiration-dappled face. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.36 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Add Langella's transfigurative artistry to the Nixon playbook (and to Oscar's). ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.28 out of 4 stars for Paste Magazine (Tim Basham)Paste Magazine (Tim Basham)
Frost/Nixon proves that though history can be inspiring, in film it can be an inconvenience, one readily repaired with the phrase "based on a true story." ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Paste Magazine (Tim Basham)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)
Awards season draws near but there have been few, thus far, major films that I consider worthy. Frost/Nixon is one of the few. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)
With the awards season swirling around us, Mr. Langella and Mr. Sheen will be hard to overlook when all the prizes are dispensed. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
Sheen's and Langella's pin-point precision of inner character development and range of facial expressions are the main reasons to see this well-written movie. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
An enjoyable riff that engagingly mixes recreation and imagination and is elevated above stunt status by two superb performances. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Film Journal International (Daniel Eagan)Film Journal International (Daniel Eagan)
Battle of wits between talk-show host David Frost and former President Richard Nixon, based on the stage hit. Frank Langella's bravura performance helps make this a dramatic knockout. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Film Journal International (Daniel Eagan)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (JimmyO)JoBlo's Movie Emporium (JimmyO)
...FROST/NIXON is an utterly captivating piece of historical cinema. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium (JimmyO)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for NPR.org (Bob Mondello)NPR.org (Bob Mondello)
It wasn't really Frost who did Nixon in: It was Nixon's old nemesis, the TV camera — that unblinking eye, capturing every bead of perspiration, every nervous shift of posture ... ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at NPR.org (Bob Mondello)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
One of the most gripping and entertaining political dramas in recent memory. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
A fascinating and riveting film about a television personality and a former President who share a dependence on others for respect; Frank Langella gives an Academy Award-caliber performance. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Times [UK] (James Christopher)Times [UK] (James Christopher)
Ron Howard turns this contest between Michael Sheen's playboy and Frank Langella’s marvellous old creep into one of the most compelling cinema waltzes I've yet seen. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Times [UK] (James Christopher)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Frost/Nixon is a hugely enjoyable, beautifully acted drama that is by turns suspenseful, funny and emotionally engaging. Highly recommended. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
It's only in the film's final moments that Howard ratchets up the intensity, slamming home his movie's place in this year's Oscar race. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Cinematical (James Rocchi)Cinematical (James Rocchi)
Frost/Nixon has the grainy, oiled-oak gravitas of an Oscar contender ... The good news for audiences is that there's some remarkably fine construction and real heft under the surface shine. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Cinematical (James Rocchi)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Howard has made a picture for grown-ups, a well-constructed entertainment that neither talks down to its audience nor congratulates it just for showing up. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Newsweek (David Ansen)Newsweek (David Ansen)
On Broadway, Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon made for a deliciously smart and dramatic mano a mano. The surprising news is that Frost/Nixon works even better on screen. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Newsweek (David Ansen)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Joe Neumaier)New York Daily News (Joe Neumaier)
This is Langella's show, and he makes the movie his own without using a single dirty trick. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at New York Daily News (Joe Neumaier)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for LarsenOnFilm (Josh Larsen)LarsenOnFilm (Josh Larsen)
Some of the best male acting this year has come from two men who play reviled American presidents - and the performances are good for the same reason. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at LarsenOnFilm (Josh Larsen)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
It's Howard's second really good film. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Langella makes an impressive Nixon despite a lack of physical resemblance. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
If a slight sense of mustiness remains, Howard brings enough old-fashioned spit and polish to cover it up admirably. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
It's a smart and entertaining show, and it harks back to a time when politics and television were still feeling each other out, looking for an opening, a knockout punch. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Rafer Guzman)Newsday (Rafer Guzman)
Sheen and Langella originated their respective roles in the play, and it's clear why Langella won a Tony for his. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Newsday (Rafer Guzman)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for BrianOrndorf.com (Brian Orndorf)BrianOrndorf.com (Brian Orndorf)
Remains an intelligent, evocative reminder of simple television appetites and the dynamism, the pure drilling ecstasy, of journalistic hunger. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at BrianOrndorf.com (Brian Orndorf)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for PopMatters (Chris Barsanti)PopMatters (Chris Barsanti)
...this is the Nixon of history. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at PopMatters (Chris Barsanti)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Shakespeare would have delighted in the chapter, especially in the antagonist, but not at the expense of the longer and darker and still-unfinished book. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Jeffrey Chen)ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Jeffrey Chen)
Langella gives Nixon a chance at audience sympathy -- for everything you know and possibly hate about the man, you can see, through the performance, that third dimension. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Jeffrey Chen)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Metromix.com (Matt Pais)Metromix.com (Matt Pais)
Langella's performance is a revelation, as his Nixon is pervasively creepy yet strangely human and personable%u2014always tricky and always selling, trying never to show his hand. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Metromix.com (Matt Pais)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Slate (Dana Stevens)Slate (Dana Stevens)
Taking its cues from Rocky rather than All the President's Men, [Peter] Morgan's compact, satisfying drama presents presidential interviewing as a gladiatorial event. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Slate (Dana Stevens)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for I.E. Weekly (Amy Nicholson)I.E. Weekly (Amy Nicholson)
Each man sees this as his personal moment of Rocky glory -- the movie did come out the year before -- and while the metaphor is over-played, it's apt. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at I.E. Weekly (Amy Nicholson)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Variety (Todd McCarthy)Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Although it all pays off in a potent and revelatory final act rife with insights into the psychology and calculations of power players, the initial stretch is rather dry and prosaic. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
What Ron Howard gets, to a degree that's astonishing in a two-hour film, is the density and complexity, as well as the generous entertainment quotient, of Peter Morgan's screenplay. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Manohla Dargis)New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
It’s twinkle versus glower in the big-screen edition of Peter Morgan’s theatrical smackdown Frost/Nixon. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
if you hated Nixon, loved the original stage play or watched the original interview with great interest thirty years ago, you'll eat this film up ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)
Does director Ron Howard's TV background make him assume that everything has to be repeated, just in case someone was in the kitchen making a sandwich the first time? ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (J. Hoberman)Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Frost/Nixon's main attraction is neither its topicality nor its historical value, but Langella's re-creation of his Tony-winning performance. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Lessons of Darkness (Nick Schager)Lessons of Darkness (Nick Schager)
In terms of condescending narrative handholding, Frost/Nixon has no 2008 rival. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Lessons of Darkness (Nick Schager)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Slant Magazine (Bill Weber)Slant Magazine (Bill Weber)
Frost/Nixon is a trivial afterword to a historical footnote, a showbiz story inflated into a retroactive therapy session for one of 20th-century America's biggest knaves. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at Slant Magazine (Bill Weber)
Frost/Nixon (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for New York Magazine (David Edelstein)New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
Frost/Nixon is unsatisfying even if, like me, you're a lifelong aficionado of Nixon-bashing. ...read the complete Frost/Nixon movie review at New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
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