Frost/Nixon (film) an approval rating of 92% based on 250 reviews, with a weighted average score of 7.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ""Frost/Nixon" is weighty and eloquent; a cross between a boxing match and a ballet with Oscar worthy performances." Metacritic gives the film an average score of 80 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Critic Roger Ebert gave the film four stars, commenting that Langella and Sheen "do not attempt to mimic their characters, but to embody them." Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" gave the film 3½ stars, saying that Ron Howard "turned Peter Morgan's
Frank Langella Returns" co-star James Marsden in the Richard Kelly film "The Box". Langella starred in the drama thriller "Unknown", which was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, and was released in 2011. In October and November 2013, Langella played King Lear at the Minerva, Chichester Festival Theatre in Chichester, UK. It travelled to the Harvey Theater at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York in 2014. In 2016, he played the title role in Doug Hughes' production of the US premiere of Florian Zeller's play "The Father" at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway. Langella was married to Ruth Weil from