“All the President's Men” Movie Review (Movie Review Sample)

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“All the President’s Men” (1976)
All the President’s Men (1976), is a movie depicting a journalism investigation carried by Washington Post reporters; Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. The movie depicts various influences of print media in the society. After the discovery of the Watergate scandal, the Washington Post came out strong in unearthing the misdoings in President Nixon’s office. Despite the success of the movie in exposing the president’s office, it also attracted attention on the place of the media in regards to dealing with sensitive legal issues. All the President’s Men (1976), is among the movies, which has attracted equal approval as disapproval.
All the President’s Men (1976), communicates to the public how the government covers most of its sins from its citizens. In the Watergate Scandal, President Nixon’s administration fights hard to conceal its involvement with the Democratic National Committee. At the same time, the administration ensures that the media is denied access to any information. As Washington Post continues with its investigation, no one was ready to volunteer information for them. The people who did give information requested to remain anonymous. The president’s office, including Nixon himself threatened Washington Post over the investigation. As Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward engaged in door-to-door investigation, some people literally chased them away. One woman who answer the door (1:04), tell them “Please go away they will see you” and the bookkeeper says (1:13), “I thought it was an all-purpose political fund ($350,000), for taking big shots out to dinner.” In this respect, the media was an instrumental tool in unearthing information from the presidential administration and informing the public over the evils. Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward became the whistleblowers over the Watergate Scandal, which lead to the end of President Nixon terms in the office.
The Washington Post investigation marred many Federal Investigations and prematurely broadcasted vital information to the public. Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward incorporated a lot of leaked information from FBI and other investigation units. They leaked vital prosecutor case before it was officially opened. The FBI had already linked the burglary to the white house and traced their financing to President Nixon, within one week of the break in. As a result, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward simply interfered with ongoing investigation. The work of Washington Post journalists hence can be deemed irrelevant and illegal. It interfered with prosecutors’ ca...