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…
one day i'll grow up and get over how truly unfortunate a name this dude has but today is not that day
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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What are the fucking odds that someone named Anthony Weiner would be involved in a sexting scandal (several fucking times)
Between this and Tiger King I've learned that filming literally everything at a critical time in your life never ends well.
it absolutely gets better every single time i see it. a forgotten underrated classic.
Visually interesting and fascinating, 'Weiner' takes an close, brutally honest look at one of America's most disgraced politicians in recent history.
9/10
Is this a comedy? Well if it isn't, I was sure laughing a lot. The amount of cringeworthy moments makes this a staple in cringe comedy, as far as Im concerned. However, It's also sad, as this is real life, and you can't help but feel sorry for Huma.
Its so true that life can be much more fascinating than fiction, and Weiner definitely exemplies that. Its a perfect depiction of what I enjoy most in tragedy; the redemption of someone disgraced, only later to have them show their true colours again. Its a masterpiece of storytelling.
Would I recommend? Hell to the yeah, this is a wicked picture to throw on for pure entertainment. It's also great for exploring thought about how politicians act, in terms of being able to overcome scandal. Whether there is a relationship between attention and political life, as Weiner suggests, is something that will leave you thinking.
Es un documental no solo por su formato y técnica si no por ser crudamente real. Camina entre dos tonos tan diferentes: La burla al político estúpido y las consecuencias dolorosas de la exposición pública en Huma.
Y sintetiza la realidad, en cada error, en cada decisión que tomamos hay un Huma en la sombra sufriéndolo.
This reminds me of how American Beauty is such a quaint pre-9/11, end-of-history moment. This is a lot better than American Beauty, but it has that same quality where it galvanizes the past in such a profound way right before this massive tipping point. There's pre-Weiner, where we go after any semblance of wrong-doing, and post-Weiner our cultural standards, collectively, are a lot more circumstantial. And I think you can find the same deeper truth running on both sides, but it's nice to think there was a time where we weren't so desperate that we'd let anyone who kind assuaged our anxieties have cartoonish amounts of power.
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