Thirty years later, WATERGATE is still horrifying

Rating: 10/10 (24 May 2002)

This non-fiction feature (really not meant to be documentary-like) deserved a BEST PICTURE award since it remains truly a "Mom, country, Apple pie" classic. The director knows how to make us edgy without the "conspiracy" bitter-tastedness that such a film could have had. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN shows how journalism isn't about fabrication; instead it's all about asking the RIGHT questions and pounding the pavement in search of reliable sources! This film is an amazing trip back to a simpler era, if you'd call it that. The two lead characters have to work out a compromise of working styles and collaborate to "get the story right." A great illustration of teamwork and how strong egos don't always have to compete when a bigger goal predominates. A film well worth watching and learning about perspective and the sociocultural environment that was Washington, D.C. in 1972. Deserving of many 10 *'s. [sorry for no DVD recommendation]