A highly compelling drama

Rating: 8/10 (20 December 2009)

Ron Howard has once again a stirring and interesting drama. Many critics have cited his new film 'Frost/Nixon' as his best film to date but I still believe that his finest work is his Oscar winning picture 'A Beautiful Mind.' Ron Howard I believe is a wonderful storyteller who can experiment with films and most of the time do it successfully and it is because of his confidence behind the camera. Apart from the sloppy 'Angels and Demons' he has had a great track-record for me. Yes, even 'The Da Vinci Code' I liked. This film is based on the play written by Peter Morgan who also wrote 'The Queen.' He adapts into the screen perfectly giving it a brilliant cinematic feel with half the credit going to Howard as well. The actors Frank Langella and Michael Sheen played the same roles as disgraced former President Richard Nixon and TV personality David Frost on Broadway. Their performances are wonderfully intense in their own separate ways. Langella's performance was one bound to win awards whilst Sheen's is equal in every way but not bound for the same fate. The story follows the legendary interviews between the two and a quest for the truth about 'Watergate.' It is compelling and intense - a great piece of cinema.