Subtlety and character study are not for everyone.

Rating: 10/10 (9 August 2009)

Well, if you try to compare Frost/Nixon with other semi-documentary movies like JFK, you will totally lose the point here. This is a movie where performances mattered,camera works matter and pace mattered. But none of them is enough to summarize the unique quality provided by this movie.
It started slow with interviews with most of the leading actors in their characters. It gave you a realistic feeling from then. Then, it goes directly to the two title roles and their lives and interactions, and finally lead to maybe the most sublime conversation ever illustrated in a movie. A lot of audiences may have already known the contents and the results of such a conversation, but they, like me, were still totally stuck by the dramatic personality of Nixon and the presentation. Therefore, you can safely go to the theater and sit down to enjoy, even though you thought the story has nothing new to offer.
The performances were nothing like you'd expect them to be. Frank Langella well deserved his Oscar nomination, while in my opinion, Michael Sheen also deserved to be nominated.
But, sadly enough, all the people I recommended this movie to, tend to fall asleep watching it. Maybe subtlety and character study are really not for everyone.
Excellent drama with excellent characters and messages. IQ required.