Frost/Nixon

Since there has been such a lull in posts of the Everyman Critics i thought that i might start to post reviews of some movies that i've watched over the past year that i have yet to either thrust upon my fellow Everyman or have thought were noteworthy and should be watched.

-dan

In keeping with the most recent post of the 2010 Oscars i thought i'd like look back to last years nominees and winner of Best Picture. First up is who i thought should have gone home with the golden statue in 2009: Frost/Nixon. i wrote this review almost immediately after watching the film and while in retrospect i think i might have lauded it a bit much, i still stand by my recommendation that this was the best picture of 2008.

FROST/NIXON (2008)
TIME: 123 minutes
GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING: R
LANGUAGE: English
DIRECTOR: Ron Howard
STARRING:
Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Matthew Macfadyen

RATING: 10/10

OVERVIEW:
Based on the Tony Award Winning play, Frost/Nixon is a retelling of the famous David Frost and Richard Nixon interview in 1977.

REVIEW:
Frost/Nixon is an unequivocal masterpiece of film-making. The sincerity, depth and gravity that all the actors bring to the film, especially Frank Langella as Nixon, are absolutely amazing. This is a film without the explosions of many Hollywood blockbusters that packs more wallop and is far more gripping than any other film released in 2008 and quite possibly in the past few decades. Ron Howard has never been as on top of his directorial prowess than he is in this movie. It has done something that I never thought possible and that is to find a sympathetic side to Richard Nixon, but at the same time still allow for a disdain of his crimes.