Great movie about the Watergate Scandal. All though it is entertaining & educational at the same time, and is also a classic, it is the edgiest PG film I have ever seen. If it was made today, it would be Rated R no doubt. There is an EXTREME amount of profanity (over 11 "F" words & frequent use of all the others) and an EXTREME amount of smoking (done by Dustin Hoffman) seen in 75% of the movie. There is no violence, but there are some tense moments and threats of violence (Quote from "Deep Throat": "Your Lives Are In Danger"). All though this movie can teach you alot about the scandal, it is reccomended for 15 and up.
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All the President's Men
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Superb Woodward and Bernstein Watergate story.
updated 06.17.09
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Parents need to know that kids who view this film may need some context in order to understand it.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about why Woodward and Bernstein the only reporters interested in the story. Why did they insist on two sources before they would publish anything? What were Donald Segretti's "dirty tricks?" How was he different from Sloan? From the bookkeeper? From Deep Throat? One of the people portrayed in the movie later testified before the Watergate Committee that he had "lost his moral compass." What does that mean? How does something like that happen? How has technology changed the way that reporters do research and prepare their stories?
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