Devastating and excellent

Rating: 10/10 (12 January 2009)

Frank Langhella and Martin Sheen are two actors of the absolute highest caliber and here under Ron Howard's direction they triumph.
For my money this is an outstanding film of the 2008 awards season - not showy or full of effects it is simply what great cinema is all about: absolutely mesmerizing and very entertaining.
Given that we know how the plot goes it's the fine detailing here - with some excellent political insights - that makes this even better.
Frost/Nixon is just simply devastating - for those of us who remember the events this rings true (even in all the details like the ads and the planes etc;). Many say Ron Howard's films are too different for him to make great films, that he lacks his own style. Can I disagee? Thinking about Willow, Truman, Apollo 13, even the Da Vinci Code, Frost / Nixon does what Ron Howard does best, it reminds us of how film can inspire us and move us by telling the story clearly yet with force.
I hadn't expected it to be so beyond nostalgia and emotional sentimentality and rather a real call to values.
Great stuff and a surprisingly devastating watch.