I was curious about this movie since the first time I heard about it in May 2020. A week ago I had finally the chance of watching it and despite it was ok, I wanted to like it more.
The movie begins on April 11, 1972. Nixon's advisors ask Mark Felt (Liam Neeson) how to ask to J. Edgar Hoover to step aside as the FBI director. Few days later tho, Hoover dies. Pat Grey (Marton Csokas) is the new FBI director and Felt is the Deputy Director put in charge of investigating an effraction at the Watergate hotel. Grey has also direct contact with Nixon and the day of the scandal he orders to stop the investigations. Felt, however, continues his investigations in private and search for truth, and he manages to pass the results to journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Felt will manage to uncover the Watergate scandal, but this will cost his position in the FBI and in 1973 is forced to resign.
This movie is good especially for history lovers especially ones who know very well that period of time in the US. The acting is the best asset; Neeson shows a lot of his range in a non-thriller movie and the supporting cast (Bruce Greenwood as a reporter, Tom Sizemore as Felt's rival Bill Sullivan and Josh Lucas as the agent who suspects that Felt is leaking informations about the Watergate scandal) gives a great job. My quibble is that at times the movie was confusing especially when it focused on Felt searching for his daughter in a hippie comunity; it didn't had nothing to do with the movie for me.
All in all, an ok movie about a true story with some fine acting and great cinematography.
The movie begins on April 11, 1972. Nixon's advisors ask Mark Felt (Liam Neeson) how to ask to J. Edgar Hoover to step aside as the FBI director. Few days later tho, Hoover dies. Pat Grey (Marton Csokas) is the new FBI director and Felt is the Deputy Director put in charge of investigating an effraction at the Watergate hotel. Grey has also direct contact with Nixon and the day of the scandal he orders to stop the investigations. Felt, however, continues his investigations in private and search for truth, and he manages to pass the results to journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Felt will manage to uncover the Watergate scandal, but this will cost his position in the FBI and in 1973 is forced to resign.
This movie is good especially for history lovers especially ones who know very well that period of time in the US. The acting is the best asset; Neeson shows a lot of his range in a non-thriller movie and the supporting cast (Bruce Greenwood as a reporter, Tom Sizemore as Felt's rival Bill Sullivan and Josh Lucas as the agent who suspects that Felt is leaking informations about the Watergate scandal) gives a great job. My quibble is that at times the movie was confusing especially when it focused on Felt searching for his daughter in a hippie comunity; it didn't had nothing to do with the movie for me.
All in all, an ok movie about a true story with some fine acting and great cinematography.