Frost/Nixon (2008) Ron Howard

To be honest, I didn't know about the existence of this film.  When I started watching it, I thought it was an 80's film, it wasn't until I IMDB it, that I realized it was actually quite recent.  I don't remember hearing about it anything at all, which is funny since I find the topic to be of great interest, and since it's a Universal Studios production.  Somehow this film managed to pass unnoticed, despite the fact that I found it to be a very good film.

 

I think this movie is pretty standard in most of its technical aspects, the photography, the editing, the sound design, etc stay on the safe side, just as most commercial movies do.  But the story and acting are great.  

The truth is I was very tired when I started watching this film, but by the end of it I was so engaged to the story that I wasn't sleepy anymore.  I find that to be a great achievement, mainly due to Ron Howard's ability to tell a story.

It's funny because even if you don't have a clue about this interviews ever taking place, a part of you suspects that if Frost had failed, they probably wouldn't have made the film, so in a way you know how everything's going to end, yet the process of all the interviews, the whole rhythm, keeps you biting your nails the whole time, never forgetting this is the only chance, always hoping he will able to defeat Nixon... the tension is always there, that's why I find it to be a very good movie.