Dick

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Dick

PG-13

Released Aug 4, 1999

1h 35m

Comedy

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Betsy (Kirsten Dunst) and Arlene (Michelle Williams) are two 15-year-old girls in 1976. When Betsy visits Arlene at the Watergate Motel, the two accidentally stumble into the middle of the infamous Watergate robbery. In order to keep them quiet, Nixon (Dan Hedaya) appoints them as honorary dog walkers. As they travel in and out of the White House, their seemingly innocent actions start a chain of events that may eventually lead to Nixon's resignation as president of the United States.

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Critics Consensus

A clever, funny slice of alternate history, Dick farcically re-imagines the Watergate era and largely succeeds, thanks to quirky, winning performances from Michelle Williams, Kirsten Dunst and Will Ferrell.

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

t's Watergate as seen through the eyes of two teenage girls, played with implacable good cheer by Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams.

Apr 4, 2018

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Funny, scatalogical movie about President Nixon.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 22, 2010

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Globe and Mail

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 19, 2002

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

I like this version better than what actually happened.

Sep 20, 2022

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Dick, the political satire starring Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams, manages to hold up twenty years after its theatrical release in 1999.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 7, 2019

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Thomas Delapa

Boulder Weekly

Now the truth is out there: Deep Throat was actually two giggly teenage girls who stepped into Nixon's dirty tricks during their jobs as Official White House Dog Walkers.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 5, 2007

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StephenPaul C

LOL, the funniest 01 hour: and 35 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/16/23

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sean g

Loved it, so well made, it's a great story , the girls are a great team together, and the movie had a great 70's look

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Has the ingredients to be a unique comedy appealing to those that were aware of the political scandal in the 70's but it really doesn't garner laughs most of the time.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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abdullah yahya a

I remember watching Dick 20 years ago or so on TV, a film that I thought was funny (especially John Hedaya's Nixon) but to be honest, many of the references flew over my head, not to mention not really having enough appreciation for the two ladies in center (teenage Kristen Dunst and Michelle Williams). Now with over 2 decades of hindsight I can really appreciate the comic timing, the sweetness, and overall star power these two brought to the table. The movie plays as a Forrest Gump-like revisionist history with more sitcom-y jokes and a dash of slapstick comedy to a serious and dire chapter of American history which is Water Gate. I am really hoping this film gets its proper retrospective rediscovery, because it's such a nice gem.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

"YOU SUCK, DICK! love, Deep Throat." The references about dick throughout were clever, pretty funny... especially cuz the girls are so innocent lol. but oohh myy god, those two girls were SO annoying...no 15 year old girls are like that, wth. I only watched it cuz said comedy with ryan renolds lol, and he was only in it for like 5 minutes :P. i'm glad i studied history at school cuz otherwise idt i'd have got it as much. "Oh God I love dick!" "YOU CAN'T LET DICK CONTROL YOUR LIFE!" "I used to love dick, now dick disgusts me." And, at the end with the credits, they're licking a lolly with dick written on it hahaha" LOL!!! Couldnt have said it any bedda...

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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dave s

Michelle Williams and Kirsten Dunst play a pair of woefully naïve and shrill teenage girls who stumble their way into the midst of the Watergate scandal, eventually becoming Nixon's official dog walkers and secret youth advisors. In a Gump-like turn of events, they manage to end the war in Vietnam, ease relations with the USSR, and erase over 18 minutes of the Watergate tapes. Williams and Dunst tackle their roles with great zeal as every confrontation is handled with high pitched screams and Dan Hedaya is spot on as Richard Nixon. Despite the fact that it probably isn't the most memorable political satire out there, it is good for a few laughs and some inspired madness from the huge cast of comic actors.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

Betsy (Kirsten Dunst) and Arlene (Michelle Williams) are two 15-year-old girls in 1976. When Betsy visits Arlene at the Watergate Motel, the two accidentally stumble into the middle of the infamous Watergate robbery. In order to keep them quiet, Nixon (Dan Hedaya) appoints them as honorary dog walkers. As they travel in and out of the White House, their seemingly innocent actions start a chain of events that may eventually lead to Nixon's resignation as president of the United States.

Director: Andrew Fleming
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd
Screenwriter: Andrew Fleming, Sheryl Longin
Distributor: Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Phoenix Pictures, Pacific Western
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 4, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 12, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.2M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround

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