Clevercell Very disappointing...

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

velvinrose Why the mediocre review? Must be personal taste. A great cast with impeccable comedic performances along with all the 'inside jokes' of the era. The essence of the era is in every detail. Each scene explodes with groovy phones, televisions and the interiors of the time. Yes, the younger and more innocent girls of that era did truly act and think like the leads. But this movie transcends the girl-buddy genre with each actor completely embracing their character. French Stewart does a great homage to a young Larry King and every actor appears to be having fun. Both Kirstin and Michelle are perfect, and the film never gets old. Praise only to Director Fleming.

Kimberly Stanley This is one of my favorites, and I watch it every few years. Obviously,this was an important event in history, and one that has achieved mythical status. Clearly it was ripe for satire. And, if you lived through this era, you probably have preconceived ideas about this whole Watergate thing. But, then you watch Dick. It's a totally funny satire, and it has good performances from a lot of quality actors-- some pretty early in their careers. Plus, it has a great soundtrack! I also appreciate the decor-- all that grass cloth and polyester. You can't let dick control your life! So true.

Enoch Sneed By this I mean I have studied the Nixon presidency and Watergate from the outside. I loved 'All the President's Men', 'Washington: Behind Closed Doors' (Jason Robards as "Richard Monckton") and, of course, the Oliver Stone 'Nixon'.I think it is a wonderful fantasy to have some of the most critical events in recent US history revolve around two ditsy teenage girls (all that squealy, jumpy-up-and-down stuff really got on my nerves, I had to tell myself they were acting in character, after all "I have met yams with more going on upstairs than these two"). The girls actually trace the same arc as the American public in the early 70's, from unquestioning belief in Nixon to realising he's a paranoid bigot with a "potty mouth" (and he doesn't even like dogs).In the course of the film our heroines manage to influence global diplomacy and bring about the downfall of their former hero (the adolescent crush on Nixon is excruciatingly funny). We even learn why there is an 18.5 minute gap in the President's tapes.The performances are great fun. Dan Hedaya is sublime as Nixon ("young people trust me" - oh, boy!), all scowling and growling. Saul Rubinek as Kissinger and Harry Shearer as G. Gordon Liddy make great caricatures of the real thing. The 'Woodstein' partnership is excellent, too, a relationship born of an irritated recognition of mutual need. Only Dave Foley's Haldeman seems too bland and unthreatening. I regretted not having a take on Howard Hunt.Having outsiders act as participants or witnesses to history is not a new idea, of course, but in this case I found myself almost wishing this could be true.

ranthonysteele Hands down the silliest political satire I've ever sat through. Equally lambasting everyone from Dick Nixon to Woodward & Bernstein, this is the way I want to remember the 70's.Humor may be in the eye of the viewer, but the only way to explain the panning this film gets is judging it in context with the time it was released. Whitewater and the Clinton impeachment.In hindsight the film becomes even funnier. At least Tricky Dick understood when he was an embarrassment to the nation, and himself; and didn't keep trying to pretend he wasn't a disgraced President.If only 'W' had employed teenage dogwalkers. Ah, the times they are a-changing.