Surprisingly inert. The film is well-made in a technical sense, but it does not deliver any dramatic tension whatsoever. In that sense then, the film becomes more like an infomercial refresher on Nixon post-Watergate than a truly dramatic encounter over the issue of whether he would admit wrongdoing. Also, the interview device was redundant and therefore unnecessary--those interviews told us nothing that wasn't apparent from the "action."

The choice to humanize Nixon, even allowing him to be charming at times, helps to make Frost Nixon more than just a political boxing match. Frost himself is portrayed as anything but a liberal savior, but more as an opportunist who stumbled into a fight with a heavyweight champion. I%u2019d call it a harrowing interview story, but the fleshed out characters, historical perspective and constant raising of the stakes for both sides make Frost/Nixon far better than a simple story of journalism.

Great actors.

Ron Howard should stick to biopics and fact based films about history. You know what's going to happen and yet you are still glued to the screen through the last frame.

Very interesting look at the David Frost/ Richard Nixon interviews. Compelling, fun to watch. These actors really make this film. Michael Sheen and Frank Langella go at it during the interview scenes, the back and forth is phenomanal. Both of these actors nail their performances but so do the supporting actors. There is not much to complain it, Frost Nixon does a wonderful job of remaining true to life. It is a well rounded well thought out and well written film.

"Frost/Nixon is a trivial afterword to a historical footnote, a showbiz story inflated into a retroactive therapy session for one of 20th-century America's biggest knaves." - Bill Weber

Post-Parenthood Howard has no knack for aesthetic sincerity, just empty dramatics. Ergo, Frost/Nixon comes not as significant cinematic translation of history but a pseudo-relevant portrayal of the infamous encounter of the title whose primary function is to give the namby-pamby sect of modern liberals chance to have their post-Bush resentments flattered not engaged. The only notable moment comes in an accidentally ironic scene that finds Nixon questioning if he appears self-serving. Oh, Ron..

Brilliant political and historical character study.

Martin Sheen is superb and underrated here

Another solid days work, handed in by Howard the artisan. Solid acting, solid story, solid everything.