Dick

This movie is one of the funniest movies ever. I wasn't even born when this stuff happened, but I still find it hilarious! Unfortunately, absolutely no-one saw it! C'Mon people! It's right in your video store now! WHY ARE YOU READING THIS?!? GO RENT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Although Dan Hedaya is excellent in spots as Tricky Dick Nixon and there are some other mildly funny parts of the movie, this film really doesn't succeed very well in my estimation. The play "Nixon's Nixon" -- about the relationship between Nixon and Henry Kissinger -- is a far more effective satire. "Dick" falls much more into the category of burlesque (as in the recurring joke where one of the teens tells the other in a loud voice in a suddenly silenced crowd that she's much too fond of "Dick.") The script might have done well as a Saturday Night Live skit or as a set piece for an improv group like Second City but it doesn't measure up for full screen treatment.

"Dick" retells the Nixon/Watergate saga with two ditzy 15 year old females (Dunst & Williams) leading the way as "Deep Throat" explaining many of the mysteries such as the missing 18.5 minutes of tape, etc. as they uncover the truth behind the scandal as the President's official dog walkers. Cute, fun, and kookie, "Dick" is 90 minutes of PG-13 silliness and a fun romp for those who remember that bit of tainted American history.

i didn't know "dick" about this movie before renting it, but i am so glad that i watched it! i am a politics buff and don't know everything about watergate, but i am somewhat familiar with the overdone cliches of that time and this movie was such a refreshing twist to the incumbent theories! i absolutely loved the "forrest gumpness" of the real occurences happening only due to the presence of these two ditsy but oh-so-lovable girls. their innocence could have so easily been overwrought, poorly acted and perhaps at times it is, but who cares? this is such a light hearted movie, i couldn't help but love these two girls for their innocence, held simultaneously with their depth of feeling. A plus plus for the writers, director and actors...a fine job!!!

DICK * * 1/2 Lazy screenplay eventually sinks this semi-entertaining comedy about two airhead teenage girls who get themselves wrapped up with Nixon and the Watergate scandal. Could've been really good with a more inspired screenplay.

Andrew Fleming presents a farcical comedy about the 1972 break-in at the Watergate Hotel. Two irresistible, but dim-witted teens(played by Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams)stumble across the Watergate break-in not knowing all its implications. The two wander from their White House tour and accidentally meet President Richard Nixon(Dan Hedaya), who makes the two his official dog walkers for Checkers. Then the girls become "Secret Advisors", before realizing Nixon is not the nice man they thought. Dunst is charming. Williams turns into a swan. Hedaya is a near perfect Nixon. And Saul Rubinek is hilarious as Henry Kissinger. Others of note in the cast: Teri Garr, Jim Breuer, Harry Shearer, Dave Foley and Will Ferrell. DICK also features a very diverse soundtrack that features the likes of Carly Simon, Harry Nilsson, Jackson 5, Elton John, Redbone and David Essex.

Quite a waste of talent here. Dunst/Williams really sparkle as they two ditzy girls. If only the business types could have been kept away. They probably wanted everyone to be funny. Nixon HAS to be funny, Kissinger HAS to be funny. Etc. Thinking about profit ratios or something I expect. Had someone with movie making skill been in charge they would have kept the rest serious and let the 2 leads stand out as the funny part. Well that's Comedy 101, and a pity that no one in the 90's or 100's seems to have taken the course. Dumbed down movie for dumbed down times.

A really great movie here, however far fetched, or not, it is hillarious. Dan Hedaya makes a great DICK, and its great to see the various SNL members pop up as well. Rent Oliver Stone's Nixon to see Anthony Hopkins and Paul Sorvino in the serious story of Watergate, and then rent this hysterical story of "The Unmaking of The President". For anyone old enough to remember Nixon, or for people with an interest in it, this really holds some great value. Not a movie for teens unless they hold some interest in it. I give it an 8/10