Movie review – “Frost/Nixon” (2008) ****

Terrifically entertaining look at what at first sounds like a not particularly interesting topic, but actually turns out to be very interesting. Frank Langella is superb as Nixon, all growly voice, torment and humour and Michael Sheen is also good as the chirpy, seemingly-out-of-his-element Frost. I wonder if Ron Howard was attracted to the material partly because of the Frost character – a person best known for trivial stuff, who actually had genuine steel. Hans Zimmer’s score helps keep up the pace and it's a terrific fresh way of looking at Watergate. Wonderful stage actor voices whom it’s a pleasure to listen to – Langella, Sheen, Oliver Platt, etc