GamerTab
That was an excellent one.
Huievest
Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
proud_luddite
A documentary covers the private and political life of Anthony Weiner during his campaign to run as mayor for New York City in 2013.The beginning of the film informs of Weiner's promising career as a congressman during which he fought passionately for underdogs and other good causes. But in 2011, he was disgraced and had to resign as he had been caught exposing explicit photos of himself on the Internet.This documentary is almost like a fictional film in that there is a riveting start with snappy editing, an encouraging mood, and then a plot twist that throws everything right off.In the second half right until the end, the movie leaves many questions: why stay in a long campaign and face more humiliation for yourself and your wife (Huma Abadin who has also been a top aide to Hillary Clinton)?; why did you not get help for your compulsions and sick behavior?; why did you bother to have even more exposure and degradation by doing this documentary (this question is actually asked though in different words)?The viewer might even feel guilty at witnessing some conversations and silent exchanges between spouses that should truly have been kept private. Perhaps, there is even a greater neurosis about receiving attention of any kind that would allow this privacy to be so exposed.In any case, this film is fascinating in exposing a very odd element of the human condition. Even more odd is after watching it, it's still possible to like Anthony - not just for his good causes but also when he gets fired up in arguments with a pompous political commentator on TV and a voter in a bakery shop. He's got fire.
rahumate
Weiner and American Election Politics I always use this documentary as a piece of Public Relations in PoliticsFilm makers Josh Kriegman's and Elyse Steinberg's film Weiner is one of best documentary praised by critics. The camera is on disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner who campaigns for New York City's new mayor. It is interesting to pursue how he manages to rebuild his reputation and how new scandal put him at worse. I will say, it is fly-on-the-wall view. Students of Mass Communication, film making will understand what is the importance of journalism in film making. "Weiner" reveals many illuminating moments of Anthony Weiner's failed mayoral campaign. He faces his online sexting antics; he calls the situation in blunt terms: "Fuck."The camera shot of 15 interminable seconds, watching Weiner alongside his wife and counsel Huma Abedin, and they take the situation without saying a word. Weiner is co-directed by former Weiner chief of staff Josh Kriegman with Elyse Steinberg, "Weiner" showcase all the remarkable tension implied by that silence. It offers extraordinary access to Weiner's ambitious gamble and re-launch of his career. The film directors focus the impact of the contemporary media on public life. Weiner is the best example of anti-heroes in recent memory. Vanity magazine writes,"A rollicking and never-dull insider's view of a political campaign that leaves fascinating questions unanswered."Washington Post wrote, "It's one of the best campaign movies in years. As Weiner"
trinka-42782
this is a documentary of not one but two lives unfolding and then imploding on screen. it takes you from the wake of the first scandal of sexting through his attempts of redeeming himself to the ultimate failing after the second incident.the mostly silent partner in this movie, huma, is hard to watch. you can see that she is not exactly thrilled with the filming but is doing this to support her husband. then, silently, you see her resolve crumble and the incredible sadness that she feels being witness to her husband's demise.perhaps the worst 'villian' in this film is Sydney leathers, the woman who was not only more than eager to interview regarding her liaisons with weiner but actually gloats about it...on the set of where she is filming a sex film.the entire documentary is a study of human behavior under pressure from not only political points of view and the media but from social expectations of what we expect of our political leaders, which is to say, perfection in all parts of their lives.
Charles Herold (cherold)
Many politicians have been caught up in scandals, but few have been quite as comical as Anthony Weiner's scandal. He would have been mocked a lot less if he had just cheated with his secretary like other politicians.While that level of embarrassment would have made me hide in a bunker, Weiner got back on the political horse. As a New Yorker, I was shocked when he entered the mayoral race, and stunned when it looked like he might actually win the nomination. This documentary follows Weiner's surprising resurgence and less surprising second crash. It's a fascinating movie. Weiner is a natural politician who knows how to work a crowd, but he's also a sex addict who, for all his apologies, seemed never able to accept that he had a problem needing addressing. His wife Huma seems lovely, and much of the movie consists of her looking as though she really, really wants to punch Weiner in the face. We watch the campaign staff as they discover they have signed up for a train wreck. We see Sydney Leathers trying to come across as the aggrieved party while simultaneously using the publicity to start a porn career.Weiner is an interesting guy, and I think New Yorkers rejected for him less for his sexual compulsion than for his lying about it. In a way it seems as though his denial is a tragic flaw that made Weiner his own worst enemy. It's sad, and my heart breaks for Huma. But let's be honest, it's still one of the most amusing scandals we've had.
