"Frost/Nixon" ***1/2 (out of four): Ron Howard's nail-biting drama "Frost/Nixon" packs a mean political punch.
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Now is the perfect time for "Frost/Nixon." We've just had eight years of a smarmy buffoon in the White House, not unlike Tricky Dick himself, who relentlessly cheered a nonsense war and helplessly waved at the stock market as it slid down the sewer. While Oliver Stone's "W." attempts to show the naive, childlike nature of George W. Bush -- he has lots of daddy issues, you see -- Ron Howard's "Frost/Nixon" explores just how low Richard Nixon can go. The answer? Like the subprime crisis, there is no visible bottom.
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What the hell does Nixon have to do with W?
Snooze.
I don't know. I remember when 300 came out and it was supposed to be about Iraq somehow, even though it was based on an old cartoon which was based on an ancient Greek battle. I also recall back in the 80's when everything was supposed to be a metaphor for Reaganomics and the dark side of the American dream or whatever.
It's solipsistic to assume everything is about the time and political environment of the reviewer.
That said it looks like a hoot. Dracula as Nixon? Now that's happening.
Point taken, E. I didn't mean to suggest that the film is more relevant now than ever--you're right, it's not. But it certainly will resonate with viewers now, regardless, because of what's been going on in the country. It's a timely coincidence more than an orchestrated ploy.
But the flick is good. Check it out.