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Dick
EMAILPRINTSony Pictures Entertainment
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 21 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
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)
Also On Metacritic
FILM: In-Laws, The
Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database View The Trailer Official Studio Site
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...
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Dunst and Williams...turn ditsiness into a frenetic comic duet.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Madhouse satire manages to disarm the second you realize it's laughing with you - and sometimes harder.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
A highly original, often hilarious, what-if farce about Watergate.
Read Full Review >New York Post Jonathan Foreman
A gleefully cunning comedy.
Village Voice J. Hoberman
Most conveniently synopsized as Romy and Michelle's Watergate Adventure.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
A flinty and deeply enjoyable little comedy. There's genius in its absurdity.
Read Full Review >Film.com Gemma Files
Starting small and building steadily, the movie reaps some fall-down funny laughs.
The New York Times Stephen Holden
An uproariously dizzy satire...Hedaya has created the year's funniest film caricature.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
Silly and shameless stuff that made me laugh quite a lot.
Read Full Review >TNT RoughCut Matt Kelsey
An impossible, yet funny scenario.
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.
Read Full Review >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!
