Not what I was hoping for

Rating: 5/10 (9 January 2009)

Frank Langella was brilliant as Nixon and manages to give you a small insight into Nixon, the man, as much as Nixon the president. For me that was the high point of the film. David Frost was shown as a playboy and an inept interviewer which I don't believe he ever was. I think was done to 'meat out' the film a little, to give it more of a story, which is a shame. Micheal sheen, had a hard job playing David Frost because there was a real danger of slipping into a 'Hello, Good evening and Welcome' caricature of Mr Frost which he just manages to steer clear of.
For me as a Brit, the film never worked, American viewers will look at it differently perhaps. I can't see how you can't base a whole film on one scene, which is what this film is about. As a stage play I expect it was brilliant but as a film....no.