Metacritic Movie Ratings
Frost/Nixon Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Frank Langella and Michael Sheen do not attempt to mimic their characters, but to embody them.

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• 100

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  It's hard to imagine how a film built around one-on-one interviews could be entertaining, but Frost/Nixon could not be more enthralling.

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• 91

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Surges with an energy and visual verve that improve the play and enhance the themes of dramatist Peter Morgan's script.

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• 90

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  The result is involving, engrossing cinema -- more thrilling, in fact, than Howard's "The Da Vinci Code" -- filmmaking of a type rarely seen anymore and sorely missed.

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• 90

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  What Ron Howard gets, to a degree that's astonishing in a two-hour film, is the density and complexity, as well as the generous entertainment quotient, of Peter Morgan's screenplay.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  Stories of lost crowns lend themselves to drama, but not necessarily audience-pleasing entertainments, which may explain why Frost/Nixon registers as such a soothing, agreeably amusing experience, more palliative than purgative.

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• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  Frank Langella's meticulous performance will generate the sort of attention that will attract serious filmgoers.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  Less a political movie than a boxing film without the gloves.

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