On the surface, this seems to be just another teen movie centered around airheaded teenage girls (think Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion). Actually, the two main characters could be Romy and Michelle during their teens.
What happens is that you slowly start to see the sly references to All the President's Men and the director does incorporate those elements from that film quite beautifully into this storyline. Yes, it is mostly played for comedy and some of it is a little bit too far-fetched but the film is essentially a big "What if".
Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams play their parts with just enough goofiness at the beginning that you actually laugh instead of wince. That they behave more like small children than teenagers is kind of baffling at the beginning but you soon understand that they are kind of considered to be freaks by their school mates, so it does make sense that they act that way.
To be honest, I really didn't think that I would like this movie but it helped that I had recently seen All the President's Men. Maybe it's because you have to pay attention that it starts to grow on you.
All of the main characters are kind of twisted and mostly portrayed as dimwits which kind of hurts the thing in the end but as you go along you kind of accept it because this is by no means to be a realistic presentation of Watergate.
So an enjoyable experience but you can definitely see why it doesn't appeal to everybody.
What happens is that you slowly start to see the sly references to All the President's Men and the director does incorporate those elements from that film quite beautifully into this storyline. Yes, it is mostly played for comedy and some of it is a little bit too far-fetched but the film is essentially a big "What if".
Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams play their parts with just enough goofiness at the beginning that you actually laugh instead of wince. That they behave more like small children than teenagers is kind of baffling at the beginning but you soon understand that they are kind of considered to be freaks by their school mates, so it does make sense that they act that way.
To be honest, I really didn't think that I would like this movie but it helped that I had recently seen All the President's Men. Maybe it's because you have to pay attention that it starts to grow on you.
All of the main characters are kind of twisted and mostly portrayed as dimwits which kind of hurts the thing in the end but as you go along you kind of accept it because this is by no means to be a realistic presentation of Watergate.
So an enjoyable experience but you can definitely see why it doesn't appeal to everybody.