Review of Dick

Dick (1999)
7/10
A good comedy
30 July 2000
This film amy have a few laughs here and there (sometimes more or less), but it is actually (to me) a quirky yet working explanation of most of the questions asked about the Nixon administration and Watergate. For instance, who was Deep Throat (the ultimate question, who were they)? Well, this film suggests that it was 2 teenage girls (wonderfully played by Dunst and Williams) who also may have done a few things. Another example is when the girls are giving cookies to the president and the cookies have a certain "ingredient" to them that might make him paranoid. Funny moments all spread out, and well spread out for the material given. Another good thing about this film is that if teens want to watch this film they don't even need to know the history behind it because it is given in the film. And, if you do know about the whole watergate and Nixon thing before hand, you'll find it even more enjoyable (I bet that Henry Kissinger thought this was the best comedy of the decade). Jim Breuer has a small but significant role as John dean, the counselor to the president (and resigns after a remark by the girls). A-
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