A great battle of wits, hampered mainly by some noticeable lighting issues.

Rating: 8/10 (2 September 2018)

Frost/Nixon is a film that really impresses upon the audience how important the events portrayed are, as well as strangely but compellingly humanising former President Nixon - showing just how much of the weight of the world is (or at least, was) on his shoulders.
Overall, this film is fantastic and I had a great time watching it. However, I had a few issues with it that brought down the rating somewhat.
As stated in the title of this review, Frost/Nixon, in some scenes, has some serious lighting issues where it feels like it's way too harsh on the characters' faces - particularly, in a hotel room scene where the light feels like it's blaring through the open windows and honestly, it looks kinda ugly.
Also early on in the film, the "villainisation" of Nixon felt a bit cartoony with some musical stings coming in once or twice to let the audience know, "OOO, he's the bad guy!"; It just feels a bit too on-the-nose. Although, it has to be said that, like I said earlier, the film does make you sympathetic towards Nixon and his side later on (...or maybe just Nixon himself).
However, apart from the lighting in some scenes and the early over-the-top villainisation, Frost/Nixon is still a great film that's well acted and expertly brings to life one of the biggest landmark interview series in television history.