The epic battle for the truth.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Macfadyen, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones, Andy Milder |
Director |
Ron Howard |
Screenplay | Peter Morgan, from his play |
Music | Hans Zimmer |
Cinematography | Salvatore Totino |
Editing | Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2008 |
Produced by | Imagine Entertainment, Relativity Media, Studio Canal, Working Title Films |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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Genre | Documentary, drama |
Language | Moderate, fairly infrequent, in context, mild impact |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Mild, brief, infrequent, low impact |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | Mild religious profanities, infrequent, in context |
Drug abuse | Some use of alcohol and tobacco, in context |
Comments | None |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith | 15 | |
Die Burger Laetitia Pople | 15 | |
Cape Times Kenneth Turan | 15 | |
iAfrica.com Nils van der Linden | 18 | |
The Citizen Peter Feldman At the end of it all, what emerges in this Morgan/Howard collaboration is a story that has been fashioned into something far more significant than an embellished re-telling of recent history. It now assumes a tragedy of almost Shakespearean proportions. | 18 | |
24.com Finn Gregory | 20 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert All we know about the real Frost and the real Nixon is almost beside the point. It all comes down to those two men in that room while the cameras are rolling. | 20 | |
eye Weekly Jason Anderson Though Morgan’s sexed-up brand of fact-based drama can sometimes seem facile, few other contemporary writers have such a nuanced understanding of power or protocol, or such prowess at choreographing conversational fisticuffs. | 10 | |
Rolling Stone Peter Travers Frost/Nixon, one of the year's best films, far exceeds its roots as docudrama. It cuts to the core of a toxic culture that sees politics as show business, a culture still all too recognizable as our own. | 18 | |
ScreenIt C. Fuchs Although some may complain that this is only a superficial look at the news event as well as Nixon in general, and that one should watch the actual interviews for more context (both valid points), many will likely view this as a well-made and certainly entertaining appetizer/introduction to a more in-depth examination of such matters. | 14 | |
Metacritic.com 38 critics | 16 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 189 critics | 16 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Frost/Nixon is weighty and eloquent; a cross between a boxing match and a ballet with Oscar worthy performances. | 18 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 8493 Netizens Mr. Nixon, It's Time for Your Close-up | 16 | |
Average .. 82% | 16 |