1. AtTheMovies

   10

   Although the outcome is obvious, the movie is still fantastic. Well acted and well written, this movie still manages to be suspenseful. It is great historical drama (it is a historical drama, right?) and a fantastic movie all around. An interesting subject matter is turned into an interesting and riveting film. Deserved the Best Picture Oscar, not Slumdog Millionaire.… Expand

   • Helpful?

     0 of 0 users said yes
2. J-Shap

   5

   Frost/Nixon has all the right makings for an incredibly good historical drama, but curiously doesn't end up going there. It's almost as if this film is too perfect. The degree that everything is processed and controlled to the slightest moment oddly becomes the film's undoing, as such a desirable trait in film fails because it is used on real life, where things should come as more of a surprise and as more of a victory, than in Frost/Nixon. Perhaps that wouldn't matter so much if it felt like the idea it had from real life was still there (see: The Social Network), but everything has disappeared in this felt facade. This is an oddly artificial film.… Expand

   • Helpful?

     0 of 0 users said yes
3. DaleM.

   3

   For the most part, the film tries to make history out of something that really wasn't that important historically. Who are they trying to kid? There is some evidence, however, that the director wants to portray a once powerful and full-of-himself leader brought to level where, with the help of a rather simple-minded fool, he admits his flaws and sees his humanity. Just kidding! That would be King Lear, not Frost/Nixon. It is sad that some people apparently can't appreciate the difference. PS: Nixon did not look or talk like the guy in the film.… Expand

   • Helpful?

     0 of 0 users said yes

See all 39 User Reviews