No, it's not about that! A generation ago (or so),
old guys named Richard used to like to be called Dick
-- as a nickname see.
Set in 1972, two dippy fifteen year old girls
stumble into the oval office and are made official
presidential dog walkers and later ... "Secret Youth
Advisers" to the president. Misunderstandings across
their generation gap with Nixon seemly dictate Tricky
Dick's fate. If you're too young to remember -- he's
the president that got canned.
All of this occurs in a Forest Gumpy kind of way.
But the girls, though amusing, aren't as lovable as
Tom Hanks in the aforementioned role. Nor is their
plight as endearing, making "Dick" --
Gump-lite.
I didn't start laughing until I saw Kissinger,
however from there after I enjoyed myself. Perhaps
better appreciated by the over forty crowd, "Dick"
will make an excellent renter.
Of considerable muse: Nixon taking leave of office
to Carly Simon's "You're So Vain." His helicopter
riding off to those lyrics is eerily apropos.
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