Solid but linear

Rating: 6/10 (31 January 2013)

The biggest asset of Frost/Nixon is the two main actors: Michael Sheen and more importantly Frank Langella absolutely perfect as Richard Nixon.
This is a solid but relatively linear movie, that struggles to captivate from end to end, the few longueurs not helping at all. The script managed to remain accessible but at the cost of a superficiality that maybe doesn't serve the movie.
The main characters' psychology particularly is a bit left aside, but one can also deplore the lack of depth of the supporting characters, who are pretty transparent.
The staging, not bad but very academic, is typical of Ron Howard.