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Brilliant and touching

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

This is a thoroughly enjoyable comedy. And yes, this is a "what might have happened" type of movie, so please don't get your knickers in a twist as you watch how two teenage girls got involved in the Watergate scandal.These girls are visiting the White House on a field trip and they end up meeting president Nixon because of taking a wrong turn in one of the corridors. They become official dog walkers and the president's "secret youth advisers". Without realizing it, these girls are deep into the Watergate scandal and they become a source for the two reporters who revealed it all. I loved the way in which the script interleaves with actual events including the 18 1/2 minutes of blank tape - that was the best!!!One of the other reviewers mentioned that it is best enjoyed if you are 35 or older and I am inclined to agree with that viewpoint. If you do not have an understanding of the Watergate scandal and it's impact on American politics, then you wouldn't enjoy this movie. To quote another reviewer, this is truly a "hidden gem". My actual rating for this is a 6.5.

The wardrobe and hairstyles are so amazingly authentic for the time period. This movie has a great soundtrack. Everything was so well done. It is obvious that they put a lot of work into the process of creating an accurate representation of that time in history. The sets must have been carefully researched, because they were well put together. I just loved the furniture. There are many fantastic character portrayals, especially of two energetic and curious 15 year old girls coming of age and discovering the realities of the world around them. I loved how the girls were always screaming and running off. Their characters were spot on and quite genuine. Very creative (and obviously fabricated) scenarios regarding the possible events surrounding the Watergate events. Definitely worth seeing. I wasn't too impressed with the Woodward and Bernstein characters - they detracted from the overall movie quality.

On the surface, this seems to be just another teen movie centered around airheaded teenage girls (think Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion). Actually, the two main characters could be Romy and Michelle during their teens.What happens is that you slowly start to see the sly references to All the President's Men and the director does incorporate those elements from that film quite beautifully into this storyline. Yes, it is mostly played for comedy and some of it is a little bit too far-fetched but the film is essentially a big "What if".Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams play their parts with just enough goofiness at the beginning that you actually laugh instead of wince. That they behave more like small children than teenagers is kind of baffling at the beginning but you soon understand that they are kind of considered to be freaks by their school mates, so it does make sense that they act that way.To be honest, I really didn't think that I would like this movie but it helped that I had recently seen All the President's Men. Maybe it's because you have to pay attention that it starts to grow on you.All of the main characters are kind of twisted and mostly portrayed as dimwits which kind of hurts the thing in the end but as you go along you kind of accept it because this is by no means to be a realistic presentation of Watergate.So an enjoyable experience but you can definitely see why it doesn't appeal to everybody.

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.