Synopsis
Two high school girls wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nixon's dog Checkers, and become his secret advisors during the Watergate scandal.
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Cast
- Kirsten DunstBetsy Jobs
- Michelle WilliamsArlene Lorenzo
- Dan HedayaPresident Richard M. Nixon
- Will FerrellBob Woodward
- Bruce McCullochCarl Bernstein
- Teri GarrHelen Lorenzo
- Dave FoleyBob Haldeman
- Jim BreuerJohn Dean
- Ana GasteyerRose Mary Woods
- Harry ShearerG. Gordon Liddy
Recommendations
- 100
Entertainment Weekly
A gaily funny, shrewdly inventive satire. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
A sly little comic treasure. - 88
New York Daily News
Dunst and Williams...turn ditsiness into a frenetic comic duet. - 83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A highly original, often hilarious, what-if farce about Watergate. - 75
Boston Globe
Hedaya is sublime. - 70
Film.com
An accessible but savvy political satire. - 70
Film.com
A tasty/tacky treat. - 60
The New York Times
An uproariously dizzy satire...Hedaya has created the year's funniest film caricature.
