Dick
Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 21
  3. Negative: 2 out of 21
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    100
    A gaily funny, shrewdly inventive satire.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    A sly little comic treasure.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    88
    Dunst and Williams...turn ditsiness into a frenetic comic duet.
  4. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    88
    Madhouse satire manages to disarm the second you realize it's laughing with you - and sometimes harder.
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  5. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    83
    A highly original, often hilarious, what-if farce about Watergate.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    So sharp and funny it should appeal to all ages.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    75
    A gleefully cunning comedy.
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  8. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    75
    A breezy, occasionally funny spoof.
  9. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    75
    Hedaya is sublime.
  10. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    70
    A flinty and deeply enjoyable little comedy. There's genius in its absurdity.
  11. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    70
    Most conveniently synopsized as Romy and Michelle's Watergate Adventure.
  12. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Tom Keogh
    70
    An accessible but savvy political satire.
  13. Film.com
    Reviewed by: John Hartl
    70
    A tasty/tacky treat.
  14. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Gemma Files
    70
    Starting small and building steadily, the movie reaps some fall-down funny laughs.
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  15. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Andrew Fleming
    60
    A topical comedy that's about 25 years too late.
  16. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    60
    An uproariously dizzy satire...Hedaya has created the year's funniest film caricature.
  17. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    60
    Silly and shameless stuff that made me laugh quite a lot.
  18. TNT RoughCut
    Reviewed by: Matt Kelsey
    60
    An impossible, yet funny scenario.
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  19. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Schickel
    40
    Sells out real satirical possibilities to its marketing potential as teen fluff. Everyone loses -- except Hedaya, who keeps faith with his character's nutsiness.
  20. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    20
    The limp title says it all.
  21. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    16
    Dick works best as a catalog of style: It's the story and the acting that are the window dressing.
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User Score
7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Greatbeallo
    5
    This movie was decent, but it could have been a lot better. It has its charming moments, and the way the Watergate Scandal was portrayed was rather clever, but the leads are just too ditsy and annoying to make this movie actually good. It falls just short of the mark. Worth watching? Yes. Worth rewatching? Decidedly no.… Full Review »
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