Thumbs up for Frost/Nixon.
This film follows how David Frost, on the downside of his career, went all in to snag an interview with the disgraced Nixon.
Nixon agreed to the open ended extended interviews for money and an opportunity to recast his presidency to the public.
Frost was considered a lightweight by many in the media at the time was not given much chance to produce an interesting interview. But in a shocker, he peppered Nixon with facts on the Watergate coverup in such a way leading to the closest thing to a confession the public every obtained from Nixon.
Claudia Puig of USA Today gave it high marks and from her review I learned that the film is an adaptation of a stage play of the same name. The actors MIchael Sheen (Frost) and Frank Langella (Nixon) reprised their roles from the stage play.
Like The Class, this is a talky movie and you need to be in the right mood to follow fast flowing conversation.
Its worth it to see two actors on the top of their game!
3 stars out of 4.
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