This is a delightful film. Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams are charming and adorable as the clueless girls who naively help to topple a presidency. The polka-dot dresses they wear leave no doubt this story takes place in the more innocent, much less jaded decade of the 70's. My favorite scene is when the girls get their hands on a secret oval office tape. There's a new explanation, thanks to the girls, for the missing minutes on the infamous tape. Dan Hedaya as Nixon, and Saul Rubinek as Kissinger, are terrific and certainly evoke memories of that era. The movie also has fun with the Woodward and Bernstein characters to hilarious effect. The perversely funny thing about this movie is it almost seems plausible, and that's what makes the humor especially great. This is a laugh riot at times as it lampoons politicians who were gravely serious (to the point of pomposity) back in the 70's. Self-important people (like the famous journalists) also get taken down several notches. Dick drags in certain sections, but is a joyful and memorable satire of a very distinctive era.
Review of Dick
