Review of Frost/Nixon (2008) by Zekeb. — 05 Dec 2008

I dont like Ron Howard movies, but this felt more like an intense, overwrought, kinda crazy Oliver Stone movie, and it won me over. The notion that David Frost was a showbiz lightweight underdog didnt ring true to my memory of the man; I recall him more along the lines of Dick Cavett or Charlie Rose.

And I also dont think the Frost/Nixon intvs played out as such a big deal when they were broadcast; the fact that they aired in the summer, the dumping ground of broadcast TV back then, says it all. But as a clever re-imagining of history, like Oliver Stone's JFK, or Celebrity Deathmatch, or most Tom Stoppard plays, its pretty cool.