A dry, but very engaging investigative noir that gradually escalates into a political thriller as more of the layers of the Watergate scandal are unveiled. Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford are great as the lead journalists and very entertaining to watch as they really liven up a mostly soundtrack-less film. It’s really interesting seeing just how hard it was for the Washington Post, let alone any news company to uncover such a monumental political scandal that goes all the way to the top. The secret parking lot meetings with Deep Throat are deservedly iconic, even if I was originally introduced to them through parodies from the likes of The Simpsons and Family Guy. While the movie can seem a bit slow and dry for some, I personally was engaged nearly the whole way through, especially the closer they came to solving the case. It’s a great political investigation movie and I’d strongly recommend it to anyone wishing to learn more about the Watergate Scandal.

Engulfing journey despite some dialogue I might change- powerhouse chain of events a guy like myself can't take my eyes off of at times.

filme mais ou menos, esse filme pode ser bom para a época mas hoje não sei se seria um filme bom, as atuações bom ser boas, mas o filme não é tão bom para assistir hoje em dia.

Represents a different era of cinema. A staple. A vision. A meaning. It has all three, combined with fabulous acting and a slow yet tense pace makes it a 5/5 in my books.

Excelente roteiro e atuação de Dustin Hoffman e Robert Redford quanto a maneira de expor os bastidores e meandros do escândalo político que abalou a sociedade americana na década de setenta e resultou na renúncia do presidente Richard Nixon. Esse evento também incrustou-se na cultura ao popularizar o bordão “follow the money” repetido diversas vezes noutras produções de Hollywood.

The film does an excellent job of reporting on the connection of the Watergate break in to CREP. The Committee to re-elect the President . It was a break in that should not have happened. Nixon was leading in the polls by a huge percent. Mostly likely was even unaware of the break in at the time. His mistake was trying to cover it up. It destroyed his reputation as President and overlooked the positive things he and his administration accomplished. Very sad. But see the movie it is outstanding.

Moves at a fantastic pace. Not a minute wasted. A reminder in the age of social media as to what true investigative journalism has to go through before it can publish.

Saw it in the hospital When I was in the hospital because my brother hit me with a scooter and I made it to the doctor’s waiting room aka (to me at least) the final stage really. I only saw the ending part or the start, I don’t really know, anyways It was really good and I’d a billion percent recommend.

A compelling story and I enjoy the lead performances from Redford and Hoffman. Stylistically I think the film is a bit too straightforward though, there are few inspired writing or directorial choices so the film's quality is almost entirely carried by the real story's intrigue.

This will most likely join my list of the best films of the 1970s. It's quite amazing how spectacular performances, a brilliant screenplay and taut direction can make basically 2+ hours of telephone calls, doors being slammed and two-fingered typing into such a riveting experience. I couldn't take my eyes off of it, and although I knew the basic outline of the Watergate scandal, I still felt a great deal of tension and suspense here. This is easily the best performance I've seen on film by Redford, and in my mind he owns this movie, although Hoffman is reliably first-rate. I was surprised and delighted to see now recognizable faces show up in small roles - such as Meredith Baxter, Lindsay Crouse, Valerie Curtin and Polly Holliday. There are only three scenes with Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat, but they are among the movie's best. The entire cast is absolutely first-rate. Perhaps the greatest accomplishment of this film is making a potentially confusing cornucopia of names and dates and government departments quite easy to follow and understand. Many of the characters discussed quite often never appear onscreen, or perhaps we hear their voices on the other end of telephone conversations, but I was able to follow everything quite well - even though it was past my bedtime. This would be a brilliant double feature with Steven Spielberg's 2017 film THE POST. This is a really fast-paced, entertaining and involving experience - and although I'm not familiar with a newsroom, it feels quite authentic. Can't recommend this one more highly!

The scandal that shocked a nation is shown for the whole world to see! After a heist at the Watergate Hotel is thwarted, two reporters uncover ties that connect from their government all the way to the president Richard Nixon himself. Based on the true scandal that caught American off guard, this thrilling story fills suspense in every scene that comes our way!

In my humble view, one of the best films of all time. Even if the outcome has been known for a long time, The Reporters' Way is incredibly exciting, even after watching it for the fifth or sixth time. Plus two of my all-time favourite actors, Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford. In the five favourite films (better ten) for the desert island, this masterpiece would be there. For sure.

With everything that has happened since, it's sometimes difficult to comprehend how profound (dare I say, deep…) an impact the "Watergate Scandal" had on the American political psyche — it's why, to this day, for some reason, we add the "–gate" suffix to every scandal, even though it sounds moronic. Before "Watergate," the public trusted the government and her affiliate institutions, despite the outcry against the Vietnam War and the Kennedy assassination. In short, the shoe leather, dogged reporting of two men (Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman) — at least as the movie will have you believe — changed all of that. All the President's Men is a movie about "how the sausage gets made" without showcasing that final kielbasa. It's deadlines, smoke-filled meetings, turn-around flights, chattering typewriters, scouring phonebooks for numbers and addresses, and, most importantly, clandestine meetings in a dark parking garage with the unfortunately named whistle-blowing informant, "Deep Throat" (Hal Holbrook). What I first noticed — and what was totally unexpected — was the realism of the dialogue here. Despite the Sorkin milieu of swamp-laden, D.C. politics, the characters, especially our leading men, Bob Woodward (Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Hoffman), slip up with their lines, talk over each other, and add plenty of ahs and ums, lacking the punchy, percussive rhythm of what we've come to expect from high falutin' journalistic and political scenes. Like any great journalistic endeavor, the powers that be must always push back, denigrate, and even threaten before finally seeing the light and coming around. It's a classic "pull on the thread" type of story and see what squirrel-cheeked, sweat-soaked head-of-state might come tumbling out at the end. The scandal itself — bugging the hotel of the DNC — feels anodyne now. Moreover, Nixon won the 1972 election in the biggest landslide in electoral history. Paranoia is a bitch. I'd love to get in a time machine and witness the impact this movie may (or may not) have had so soon after the conspiracy had been uprooted — Ford pardoned Nixon only two years before the film was released. All the President's Men is a must-watch for the political or historically inclined but might feel slow with a dearth of action for the contemporary viewer. I couldn't help but salute Ben Bradlee (Jason Robards) for sticking by his men despite facing mounting threats from the most vindictive and evil force in the "free" world: The U.S. Government.

Director Alan J. Pakula handles matters in All the President's Men the way any good journalist tackles a story – factually, objectively, succinctly. The story is centered around Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman), reporters for the Washington Post who help to unveil the biggest scandal in American politics – Watergate. While it may be helpful to have some background on the story before watching the movie (there are a ton of players involved that may be hard to keep track of), it remains a gripping story, even fifty years after the scandal originally broke. Hoffman and Redford are great, the supporting cast is impressive, and William Goldman's screenplay keeps things moving at a nice clip.

I'm not into politics, but this was gripping. I kept watching. The plot, dialogue, and character interactions were all good. The ending is quite haunting, with the cut off of no music. I think it's appropriate considering this is the reality of the situation. There is no flashy finale, just contrast of Nixon being reelected with silence.

Solid acting, solid story. Not a classic, but enjoyable nonetheless.

Journalism movies are my second favorite type of movies and this might be the best one I ever watched, together with of course Spotlight. The screenplay is smart and still mysterious, you really don't know till the end hoe they are going to expose them, the camera work in particular was incredible and the editing, flawless movie

Great movie and really well done. Well acted and a cool perspective for a true story

Stunning, big budget docudrama, the kind we don't see much of any more. This is a movie that really gets into the weeds of Watergate. And most of the dialogue is improvised; Pakula gives the actors bullet points to bring out in a scene, and then the actors stumble through the conversations live like that for the audience; which gives the film a real immediacy. There's great acting and production values but the star here is really the story in this high profile prestige project... You can almost feel people like Jason Robards and Dustin Hoffman reeling it in and letting the story take center stage here... And then Robards won an Oscar in spite of all that! Jane Alexander also got a nomination for her stunning turn as a reluctant source... Oscars also went to scripting, production design, sound, and other aspects of the production... An important film which helped galvanize the public in their collective referendum on Nixon's guilt in the Watergate scandal.

This is masterpiece. Solid direction, glueing, and great cinematography. One of few films you can watch multiple times. This film just made the scandal interesting even I born decades after that.