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Dick

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Dick reviews
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8.2 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 21 critic reviews
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Based on 7 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Written by: Andrew Fleming
Sheryl Longin

Directed by: Andrew Fleming

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 4, 1999
DVD: December 14, 1999

Running Time: 94 minutes, Color

Origin: Canada / USA

Summary

RATING: PG-13 for sex-related humor, drug content and language

Starring Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Dan Hedaya, and Will Ferrell

After taking a wrong turn on a White House tour, teens Betsy Jobs (Dunst) and Arlene Lorenzo (Williams) stumble across a room packed full of presidential secrets. To find out exactly what the girls know, "Tricky Dick" Nixon (Hedaya) himself appoints them as official White House dog walkers. Suddenly and accidentally, the two girls are swept up in the political intrigue of the world's most famous break-in: Watergate. (Columbia Tristar)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

A gaily funny, shrewdly inventive satire.

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88

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Dunst and Williams...turn ditsiness into a frenetic comic duet.

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88

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

A sly little comic treasure.

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88

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

Madhouse satire manages to disarm the second you realize it's laughing with you - and sometimes harder.

83

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

A highly original, often hilarious, what-if farce about Watergate.

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80

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

So sharp and funny it should appeal to all ages.

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75

Boston Globe Jay Carr

Hedaya is sublime.

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75

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

A gleefully cunning comedy.

75

San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann

A breezy, occasionally funny spoof.

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70

Village Voice J. Hoberman

Most conveniently synopsized as Romy and Michelle's Watergate Adventure.

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70

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

A flinty and deeply enjoyable little comedy. There's genius in its absurdity.

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70

Film.com Gemma Files

Starting small and building steadily, the movie reaps some fall-down funny laughs.

70

Film.com Tom Keogh

An accessible but savvy political satire.

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70

Film.com John Hartl

A tasty/tacky treat.

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60

The New York Times Stephen Holden

An uproariously dizzy satire...Hedaya has created the year's funniest film caricature.

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60

TV Guide Andrew Fleming

A topical comedy that's about 25 years too late.

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60

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

Silly and shameless stuff that made me laugh quite a lot.

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60

TNT RoughCut Matt Kelsey

An impossible, yet funny scenario.

40

Time Richard Schickel

Sells out real satirical possibilities to its marketing potential as teen fluff. Everyone loses -- except Hedaya, who keeps faith with his character's nutsiness.

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20

LA Weekly Manohla Dargis

The limp title says it all.

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16

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

Dick works best as a catalog of style: It's the story and the acting that are the window dressing.

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Yoon C. gave it a 6:
Reasonably amusing political comedy that however relies too much on dumb teen movie humor to rise to the level of satire.

Gracie S. gave it a 9:
Good educational movie that pulls viewers of all ages in to see!!! Luv it!

Blanco A. gave it an 8:
Big-time fun! It does the "Forrest Gump" historical coincidence thing, but it does it much better. I still can't believe that piece of **** won best picture over "Shawshank."

Kalli M. gave it a 10:
This was the best movie i saw in 1999!!! i just LOVED kirsten Dunst!

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