Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (9 April 2014)

Brilliant. Ron Howard crafts the David Frost interview of Richard Nixon into a sporting event, with punch and counter-punch, mind games, agony and ecstasy. A very well-told story, with examinations of both protagonists characters, mindsets and motives.
Howard keeps the movie going, never getting mired in over-sentimentality or minor details. At no point does the plot drift.
The cast is perfect for their roles: Frank Langella as Richard Nixon, Michael Sheen as David Frost, Kevin Bacon as Nixon's Chief-of-Staff Jack Brennan, Sam Rockwell as James Reston jr and Oliver Platt as Bob Zelnick. All deliver outstanding performances.
A fascinating expose of one of the more notorious incidents in American history, and the interview that made a TV legend.