All the President's Men
This movie details the reconstruction of the discovery of the White House link with the Watergate affair by two young reporters from the Washington Post.
14 July 1913, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
28 October 1939, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
24 December 1941, Los Angeles County, California, USA
14 April 1933, Albany, New York, USA
12 November 1923, New Jersey, USA
October 25, 1924 in Michigan, USA
6 July 1937, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
May 23, 2017
A timely political drama for the Trump reign.April 03, 2016
[VIDEO ESSAY] Pakula fetishizes America's now-defunct newsroom culture that once promised to keep America's political process honest, if not accountable.July 22, 2015
The opening of the film, with Woodward (Robert Redford) and Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) first stumbling over the story, is involving and sometimes exciting, but from then on it degenerates into confusion and repetition.July 22, 2015
One of the best movies ever made about American politics.February 17, 2011
The movie is a victory lap for American journalism -- the triumphant flip side to Network's self-loathing take on the media.July 22, 2015
While there's an undoubted fascination in all this, after a couple of hours it begins to wear thin.August 22, 2008
Hal Holbrook is outstanding; this actor, herein in near-total shadow, is as compelling as he is in virtually every role played.July 21, 2015
Political commentators seem to feel that this All the President's Men will have a far-reaching political impact this year. I'd be more inclined to believe it if the film affected a provocative emotional tone. Pakula is just too cool under the collar.April 13, 2016
Pakula was clearly talented from the moment he lensed his first feature, but like so many other New Hollywood icons, nationwide recognition didn't come until he took on the story of one of the great con jobs on the American people, the Watergate scandal.March 31, 2016
"All the President's Men" is a quintessential American movie: It does a lot of things well and makes it all look simple. It works on several levels.July 22, 2015
You might be rather baffled at times if you are unfamiliar with such names as Stans, Strachan and Kleindienst. I suspect that you would still be fascinated and entertained.