Frost Nixon Reviews

Frost/Nixon is a film adaptation of Peter Morgan's play of the same name. The Arizona Reporter review believes "the results are riveting. Here is a political movie that tramples Oliver Stone's W into the dust, making us wonder whether Stone is a sell-out. Director Ron Howard, by contrast, dazzles with a partisan exposition, though he and scripter (Peter) Morgan are not entirely unsympathetic to poor Mr. Nixon."¹

Fast Facts

Limited release date: December 5, 2008²

Release date: December 25, 2008²

Director: Ron Howard

Based on Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon theater production

Screenwriter: Peter Morgan

Producer: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner

Distributor: Universal Pictures

Michael Sheen and Frank Langella reprise their roles as Frost and Nixon

Frank Lagella won a Tony for his role as Nixon²

Nominated for an International Press Academy Satellite Awards³

Tag line: "400 million people were waiting for the truth"²

MPAA rating: R

Review Quotes

"One of the virtues of Frost/Nixon, Ron Howard's adaptation of Peter Morgan's hit play, is that it brings the intelligence back to the forefront without dispelling the elements of menace and fraudulence that were also part of Nixon’s temperament."— The New Yorker⁴

"Most of the drama is evoked by backstage preparations, the sorts of brainstorming sessions we all know that the candidates for President and Vice-President went through in the 2008 debates."—Arizona Reporter¹