Big movie. Good writing. Excellent acting. All the more in consideration of the fact that the two main characters were the ones who had performed these same roles repeatedly in a long-running play. Sure they knew their parts and their roles, and had their timing down pat - all that of course - but HOW did they continue to pull that climax so razor sharp, and thrust the burning realization of who these two men really were as deeply into the audience again, one - more - time? 
Most of the time I watch movies I am aware of the actors and tend to see them as people earning a living trying to pretend they are somebody they really aren't. Should have been easy to do this again in this movie because neither of the characters looked anything like their real counterparts. At first glance, Frank Langella seemed a poor choice for Nixon, but within ten minutes I had become entranced. When the movie reached its climax, he WAS Nixon.
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