Ron Howard helms this political thriller and twists it just enough so that it begins to resemble a boxing match. Frank Langella puts in an towering performance as Richard Nixon who holds Michael Sheen's David Frost at arms length during their first few encounters on screen. Frost is shaken, stunned and on the ropes until a drunken late night phone call from Nixon allows him a way back into the fight. Howard's adaption of the original stage play is well-directed, gloriously well-acted and thoroughly deserving of it's Oscar nomination.
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