80
Frost/Nixon works even better on screen. Director Ron Howard and Morgan, adapting his own play, have both opened up the tale and, with the power of close-ups, made this duel of wits even more intimate and suspenseful.
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80
Offers considerable insight into the Nixon mystery, without solving it; the movie is fully absorbing and even, when Nixon falls into a drunken, resentful rage, exciting, but I can't escape the feeling that it carries about it an aura of momentousness that isn't warranted by the events.
50
New York Magazine (Vulture) by David Edelstein
Unsatisfying even if, like me, you're a lifelong aficionado of Nixon-bashing.
80
Frost/Nixon's main attraction is neither its topicality nor its historical value, but Langella's re-creation of his Tony-winning performance.
88
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
Howard and Morgan have transformed this story into something more than an embellished re-telling of recent history. They have shaped a tragedy that is almost Shakespearean in force.
90
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
The result is involving, engrossing cinema -- more thrilling, in fact, than Howard's "The Da Vinci Code" -- filmmaking of a type rarely seen anymore and sorely missed.
70
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
Less a political movie than a boxing film without the gloves.
91
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
Surges with an energy and visual verve that improve the play and enhance the themes of dramatist Peter Morgan's script.
91
In a masterful performance, Langella highlights Nixon's oily charm and guile.
70
Frank Langella's meticulous performance will generate the sort of attention that will attract serious filmgoers.