An atrocious movie

Rating: 1/10 (19 May 2003)

It truly saddens me that Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein got as much credit as they did for coming up with a bunch of lies. Misquotes, forgery, exaggeration, and outright lying plague the book and the movie. I would like to see them deny these claims because they can't truthfully do so. Even though the general conclusion is likely true the reporters were unable to actually get the information themselves. I know this firsthand from testimony that what was written in the book and said in the movie was not said in real life. It is also amazing how Woodward and Bernstein claim how people feel from their voice over a telephone then have the actors or actresses make that sound in the movie. The rules of heresay certainly do not apply here. While certainly someone or some people in the Nixon administration committed criminal acts it must be realized that this was and is not out of the ordinary. Anyone who believes that political espionage has not existed since the Continental Congress is fooling themselves. Of course this doesn't excuse Nixon's actions but he was not a particularly bad person. I also think we can hardly call this movie suspenseful when the outcome is already decided before it starts. This is truly a work of fiction posing as a true story going far beyond "artistic license".