- Studio: Universal Pictures
- Release Date: Dec 5, 2008
- Starring: Frank Langella, Kevin Bacon, Michael Sheen
- Summary:
- Director: Ron Howard
- Genre(s): Drama, History
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 35 out of 38
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Mixed: 3 out of 38
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Negative: 0 out of 38
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100Frank Langella and Michael Sheen do not attempt to mimic their characters, but to embody them.
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80Stirring stuff that works thrillingly as drama, and should make Sheen a star, even if it compromises on historical insight.
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80A case is being made here that it wasn't really Frost who did Nixon in: It was Nixon's old nemesis, the TV camera.
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60Fails to add anything of substance to the history that it portrays.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 38 out of 44
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Mixed: 1 out of 44
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Negative: 5 out of 44
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