Until this film I would have said Ron Howard’s best recent work was as narrator on Arrested Development. Actually I still would, but the point being, to find a decent movie the guy has directed you have to go back to 1989’s Parenthood. Well this incredibly interesting film breaks that streak. While Howard undoubtedly deserves some credit, the real success here is the script by Peter Morgan. If sharing the writer of The Queen weren’t enough, this film also shares its oft-overshadowed star Michael Sheen. After previously being overshadowed by Helen Mirren, he is again overshadowed here by Frank Langella. Unfair, I say! Sheen’s performance is spectacular as the complicated role of talk show host turned presidential prosecutor David Frost. This character is richly layered up to the million-dollar-smile mask that Sheen wears so brilliantly. Langella is great, no doubt, but in this crowded Best Actor field it seems a shame that Sheen will likely again be passed over for a co-star. Regardless, it is hard to fault a film for having too much good acting (the smaller parts are brilliantly played as well by the likes of Toby Jones, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Macfadyen and Sam Rockwell), so I highly recommend giving this a watch.