Taut, suspenseful, and worthy of all its plaudits. This is fine, measured filmmaking. Both Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman shine as investigative reports who decide to get to the bottom of the Watergate scandal. Their work is probably well known now to anyone even casually interested in U.S. political scandals, but at the time of this film's release it must really have been a revolutionary gong. President Richard Nixon and his administration are savaged. Jason Robards rounds out the excellent cast, playing the seen-it-all-before boss of the newsroom. He is winning as an ally (and occasional nemesis) to Hoffman and Redford's impassioned upstarts.
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