2016 Directed by Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
Documentary featuring a jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes look at the attempted comeback of Anthony Weiner in 2013 as he mounts a campaign for New York City mayor in the wake of his sexting scandal. Featuring unfettered access to the candidate and his campaign.
68/100
Clearly, Huma Abedin's choice to remain primarily a background presence here was strategic (vis-à-vis her own career and Clinton's, not her husband's). Kriegman and Steinberg use that constraint deftly, however, and I wish they'd gone even further in positioning her as Weiner's antithesis, as all of the film's best moments involve what are essentially silent screams. Thing is, I find that I now like the guy considerably more than I would ever have guessed from the way these scandals were covered in the media. He's a self-destructive moron when it comes to sex, but so is roughly half the planet (conservative estimate), and I tend not to place a whole lot of public-trust weight on lies that politicians tell…
Hardly just an opportunistic snapshot of a celebrity's public implosion, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg's inside look at the spectacular failure of Anthony Weiner's 2013 mayoral campaign in New York is one of the best documentaries ever made about a political scandal. A passionate fighter for the middle class who nuked his career by accidentally tweeting a selfie of his bulge, the indefatigable Weiner is nothing less than a true American tragedy — but this hilarious and humbling portrait rightly sees him as so much more. At once a portrait of media sensationalism, a marriage under fire, and of a city that felt betrayed by its best hope, the movie is so unsparing that when they finally ask Weiner why he let them film him, the disgraced ex-congressman can only shrug.
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one day i'll grow up and get over how truly unfortunate a name this dude has but today is not that day
There's something awfully sad but darkly hilarious about seeing this film in context with the events of late. Weiner is like Boogie Nights meets Gone Girl meets Spinal Tap. Probably the saddest subtlety was seeing how gradually detatched Huma became as the film progressed. It's so strange but ultimately fascinating it's amazing to think that this stuff is really real and not a mockumentary political satire. Weiner does a fantastic job and doesn't just do a blank autopsy, and instead explores the triumph and tragedy of this crooked figure. Whether or not you like or dislike him, Weiner is essential viewing. This is without a doubt one of the greatest documentaries of 2016.
An outstanding bio-political documentary.
If tragically sad, infinitely interesting, about a great politician, and a man in an endless spiral struggling not to self-destruct.
Jesus. He felt a bit more human in this but mostly I just felt wretched for Huma.
wow, that was very interesting. I never would have thought I'd end up feeling sorry for the guy. loved the Jewish deli screaming argument scene, and Jon Stewart's subsequent comments.
Wow, now this is how you make a documentary! Weiner is the documentary on Anthony Weiner who was part of a sexting scandal but still is running for mayor of New York. Now, I haven't really been interested in documentaries but this documentary fascinated me because of the story, which I do believe is the best part of the documentary. I just love how Anthony Weiner always argues with a reporter or people from the public, if they show him a lack of respect. I just found Weiner to be so fascinating because in one scene it was very funny and in another scene it was very sad. It just showed the consistency of the man, which made the documentary…
As someone who lives in New York and follows politics regularly, I'm quite familiar with this story, moreso than even those who followed it routinely on the cable news circuit, but Weiner nonetheless does a very good job of portraying the narcissistic, power-hungry ways of a man who may well have a good heart but simply can't help himself from being a hungry attention-hound. I was reminded of Woody Allen while watching this play out via the cinematic medium—the Jewish nervous energy, the "only in New York" intensity and reactions to this way of being, the rampant insecurity. But, of course, I was also reminded of Eliot Spitzer, with the wildly limitless potential to be a positive force for social…
plus 2 stars for his babe wife
plus 1 star for the scenes of him being the parade DJ
plus 1 star for the fact that everyone who worked on his campaign has seen his dick
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