I know this movie was so last year, but I just caught it last night.

Wow, seriously impressed. Found it very much to be a political boxing movie. The 'battle' was impressive, I liked the background story/characters, but really the interviews proper proved to be powerful stuff.

Most of all, the chap who played Nixon, and Michael Sheen who played Frost, possessed good talent which made for moving chemistry.

As usual, Howard's direction was top notch, but I felt the adaptation (as it was originally a play) to be effortless.

Anyone else seen it?

I saw it when it first premiered here in the US; the two principals (Frank Langella played Nixon btw :) ) were the same actors who did the original stage version for years, and their comfort in the roles and with each other shows. In particular, I was shocked at how spot on Sheen was as Frost; Langella doesn't bear a close physical resemblance to Nixon and had the heavier end to carry, as Nixon was such an iconic figure, but there were moments where he, too, completely disappeared into the role.

Kevin Bacon was a pleasant surprise as Col. Brennan, and the scene where Nixon breaks down and 'confesses' his true feelings about his part in history (the "if the president does it, it's not illegal' scene), moving back and forth between the pair and the adjoining room at the moment where Diane Sawyer and all of his inner circle know that his career is over, was masterfully done. The handling of Nixon's global portrayal - the profound and largely self-imposed isolation that he suffered was compellingly evoked as well. The only thing that I felt could have been left out was the hypothetical 3 am phone call from Nixon to Frost; while I understand why it was used as a dramatic device, the story, which after all, isn't a *story*, doesn't need it - it generated plenty of drama and intrigue as it was.

I thoroughly enjoyed the film and as someone who was a pre-teen at the time of these interviews and vaguely remembers them, it was great to see the period and the events in history brought to life so skillfully.

Regards,
Nydia