[The] ending, which shows Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford dutifully typing up their exposé beneath TV footage of Nixon, was so satisfying that audience members could be pardoned for forgetting that the latter had been pardoned.
— Adam Nayman (The Ringer)
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.