I love a good political thriller, and when you thrown in journalism, I become slightly high. This was exactly as I'd expected -- tense, smart, funny, and a great insight into a part of the Watergate scandal knew little about.It was just so well constructed. The act breaks were mortifyingly tense, with Frost getting so close to his goal and Nixon smartly pulling back. What a fierce player this reveals Nixon to be. Listening the tapes over the years, and reading what I've read on the man, I was always struck by his vulnerability, that he could let his jaded mind lead him down these silly paths that were his destruction. But bantering with Frost, he is no pussy cat. He's whip-smart, and Frost clues into that and eventually uses it to get what he wants.
It's a fascinating study of two men so equally talented in their roles, just going head to head in this battle of wits.
I loved it.
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