Failed attempt to turn the Richard Nixon/Watergate years into a quirky comic satire. Two teenage girls in 1972 (Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams) are befriended by the President (Dan Hedaya, acting the good sport) and become his official dog-walkers, but soon they learn their hero is up to no good. Nothing much more than an overstretched sketch, with sketch-like performances, might've been funnier broken up into acts and run on "Saturday Night Live" (although it's no longer so topical). Silly material actually asks us at some point to start taking it seriously (!) which really damages the slapstick end of it. The production design is colorful and there are some scattered laughs, but overall it's more cheapjack than cheeky. ** from ****
Review of Dick
