Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House Reviews

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, the first thing I really enjoyed was to finally see Liam Neeson in something else than another lame and generic action flick. On top of that, Neeson was a perfect choice to play the main character and he did deliver here a really solid performance. It’s too bad they didn’t seem to figure out what to do with the other characters who basically looked bewildered through the whole duration and not much else (the biggest victim was Diane Lane as most of her performance apparently did end up on the cutting room floor). Concerning the story itself, by now, there has been already so many movies made about the Watergate scandal but I did like the idea of focusing on Deep Throat’s perspective. As a result, the whole thing might seem like a commercial for Mark Felt himself but also for the FBI in general which was apparently a beacon of unbiased integrity up until that point, at least, according to Felt. However, this approach didn’t bother me, in the contrary, I thought it was intriguing even if Mark Felt probably did sugarcoat the positive aspects of the FBI. Surprisingly, they did show very little interaction with Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein (in fact, Bernstein didn’t show up at all). Of course, it was understandable that the makers did want to distance themselves from the other movies dealing with the Watergate scandal, especially ‘All The President’s Men’. However, this approach did backfire though. Indeed, journalists and especially the Washington Post played a huge role in collaboration with Felt and I think it was a huge mistake to almost obliterate them from this story. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

Neeso/Felt always knows what he is doing, even when he is doubting, looking for his daughter, treasoning in the name of his principles or over 're venge' the 2 words...