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Review
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Rivetting retelling of the Watergate scandal from point of
view of Woodward and Bernstein, with blended documentary
footage. The film sometimes attributes an unwarranted
degree of sinister importance to each tidbit of evidence
the reporters uncover, but over-all the drama rings true,
the details seem right, and acting is superb. With this
film, the image of the reporter as hero reached it's
zenith, and distrust and suspicion of all things to do with
government began in earnest. In many ways, the cynicism of
the Reagan era can be directly traced to Watergate: if you
distrust government, you want less of it, not more. It is
interesting to compare the portrait of the media today, as a
crazed hoard of grasping hyenas, in contrast to this near
sanctification of Woodward and Bernstein.
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