Classic seventies paranoia thriller. Masterpiece of director Alan J. Pakula. Terrific acting performances by Dustin Hofmann and Robert Redford.

Rating: 10/10 (13 September 2018)

Some movies are just perfect. This is one of them! Classic masterpiece from director Alan J. Pakula. Terrific performances by Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford, who were both at the peak of their careers, bursting to life on the silver screen, with so much charisma and chemistry, that I am in awe of their true to life power in portraying these real life characters.
Even after seeing it over 15 times I still don't exactly understand the intricate details of this Watergate scandal story, which was a true to life depiction of the impeachment of President Nixon of the United States. But the Watergate story is a gigantic suspenseful maze that is thrilling from beginning to end, therefore it doesn't really matter when one doesn't understand some of the intricacies of the plot, because the gripping level of suspense and paranoia is what makes "All the President's Men" such a great movie. I have even seen it when I was a little kid and I obviously didn't understand the politics of the Watergate story, but I was deeply impressed by the intensity of the continuous suspense nonetheless.
Mostly containing of nothing else but dialogues. No action. It is just one continuous search quest by 2 news reporters, with many newspaper board meetings, but still I was on the edge of my seat from beginning to the very end, because of a continuous level of suspense Hitchcock would be jealous of.
Filmed by photographer Gordon Willis (The Godfather), who is known as the Master of Darkness, because of his excellent low light photography. Shot in a documentary style sort of photography that was very popular among many other famous paranoia thrillers of the seventies like "The Marathon Man", "Three Days of the Condor", "The Parallax View" and "The Conversation". The images are just jaw dropping gorgeous, because of their natural free flowing camera movements.The soundtrack, which has won an Oscar, oozes paranoia and is very subtle yet creepy. 3 more Oscars were awarded to All The President's Men in 1976.
This is one heck of a classic. I just cant find anything wrong with this movie. I get impressed by it every single time I see it. A must watch for all those movie fans, who love to watch one of the many brilliant seventies American cinematic masterpieces.