Rating of
3/4
Frozen/Nix-This-One
kcvidkid - wrote on 01/31/09
What a disappointment! I guess I let the hype for how "surprisingly suspenseful" it was supposed to be create unrealistic expectations for me. I thought it was a drag.
It wasn't "genuine" to me. Yeah, I saw Frank Langella acting his chops off. But for me it was more an impersonation than a fully-formed character.
"Frost/Nixon" is entertaining enough as a time capsule dramatization, but certainly not more than that. Only "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" could possible be more overrated!
I used to love Ron Howard-directed films. But I guess "The DaVinci Code" is still rotting in my mind because I'm not prepared to cut him any slack. And there were some obvious directorial missteps in this one. It just couldn't break through the resistance built-up from seeing too many self-important movies over the years.
