very good for the most part...until the ending

Rating: Null/10 (10 January 2011)

Let me first say that I wasn't old enough to remember the Watergate scandal, or anything about Richard Nixon, only what Archie Bunker said about Nixon in an All in the Family episode. He said "a little bugging", to which the meathead blew a gasket, but I digress. I was very impressed with the acting talents of Dustin Hoffman, who looked like he walked right off the Marathon Man set, and Robert Redford, but especially Hoffman's performance as Bernstein. His edginess worked for this reviewer, as he did everything to get answers to his questions for the most part. Jason Robards, Hal Holbrook, and Jack Warden were also solid here as well. I enjoyed how the 2 columnists pieced mostly everything together, even if it got a tad confusing at times with all the names bandied about. I feel the need to say that I was slightly disappointed with the conclusion, and I expected more than just words on a typewriter telling me who got in trouble and for how long. I wasn't expecting fireworks, but I wasn't totally satisfied.