Frost Is Not A Genius

Rating: 6/10 (20 December 2009)

Sheen and Langella both give excellent performances and manage to draw some tension and shadow boxing intrigue into what is essentially a pedestrian story. Toby Jones and Kevin Bacon also add polish to a well acted piece. However , the reverential portrayal of Frost as a genius rather than the bumbling TV chat show host whose directionless attempt to grab ratings is unsupported by the industry, is either nieve or brilliantly provocative. Eventually lucking out by being embarrassed into giving a serious interview by an "angry expert" , this is held up as his greatest lifetime achievement , over 30 years ago , never to be repeated , nuff said. A self promoting film of "massive" importance actually mirrors the subject matter of the "interview of the century" , with the main players narrative just inflating the egos and the story to a level of worldly proportions , whereas in truth , Frost was in the right place at the right time to be manipulated into showing Nixons "human" side. Didn't enjoy it as much as I was told I would.