Frost, meanwhile, comes across for good chunks as a borderline bumbling incompetent.
Director Ron Howard isnt a marvellous help, either.
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Whats in much less doubt is the quality of the two leads, though.
In particular, Frank Langella is quite brilliant, and Sheen is an excellent foil for him.
Grumbles aside,Frost/Nixonis still a compelling film, and when it finally catches fire, its quite outstanding.
It just takes quite a long time to do so.
The Disc
The Blu-ray comes with a decent selection of extras, albeit with a frustrating omission or two.
Hes then followed by a solid making of documentary that runs to over 20 minutes.
As it is, its dealt with in a brief featurette of less than ten minutes.
Finally, a quick word on the Blu-ray presentation.
The frustration remains though that a good, solid collection of extra features could have been so much better.
Next time, eh?
The Film:
Rating:
3 out of 5
