Review of 18½

18½ (2021)
9/10
An accidental recording of "THE" recording is created.
2 June 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Interesting "what if" take on the 18 1/2 minutes missing from Nixon's Watergate tape.

Nixon and Al Haig have been recorded by a sound-activated taping system installed in the Oval Office. They are recorded as they listen to the complete, entire Watergate tapes. This is the premise of the movie.

An accidental recording of "THE" recording is created and no one knows it exists.

Connie, a White House transcriber, does her job and listens to this tape to transcribe, as she listens and types the contents of what she hears on the recording, she realizes she has the missing 18 1/2 minutes being recorded as Nixon and Al Haig listen to it and make comments about what they hear.

Connie calls a respected newspaper journalist and asks to meet with him so he can listen to the recording and write a story.

Many odd people become involved as the movie progresses and as the movie concludes, it's revealed some people are not who they claim to be and a huge conspiracy is revealed.

The way the movie unfolds, especially after watching, "White House Plumbers," "Gaslit," "All the Presidents Men," and knowing how corrupt many politicians and billionaires are, it's not impossible to suspend belief while watching 18 1/2 Minutes.
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