Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Anthony WeinerSelf
- Huma AbedinSelf
- Amit BaggaSelf - Senior Advisor
- Adam S. BartaSelf
- Sydney LeathersSelf
- Jordan Zain WeinerSelf
- Camille JosephSelf - Campaign Manager
- Barbara MorganSelf - Communications Director
- Andrew NohSelf - Campaign Aide
- Maura TracySelf - Senior Staffer
Recommendations
- 100
The Guardian
A riveting excursion into fear and loathing on the campaign trail. - 100
IndieWire
The filmmakers have instead provided a brilliant window into the impact of the contemporary media circus on public life. While not exactly a figure of sympathy — he lied, after all, more than once — Weiner nevertheless maintains the charisma and drive to provide the movie with one of the most compelling anti-heroes in recent memory. - 91
Entertainment Weekly
If this soap opera wasn’t real, you’d never believe it. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
It's an invigorating chance to experience from afar an ordeal that, unless your name is Eliot Spitzer, you and I will never have to endure. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Weiner is a tabula rasa documentary — one of the most provocative of its kind I’ve seen. - 80
Village Voice
Weiner is about as entertaining as a film about someone destroying a life and career can be. You can't turn away from the car wreck, and Weiner himself can't stop commenting on it. - 80
CineVue
Weiner may now regret allowing such intimate things to be filmed - indeed he has publicly said that he won't be watching the film - but Kriegman and co-director Steinberg have crafted a hugely lively and compelling portrait. - 70
Variety
Filmmakers Josh Kriegman (a former Weiner aide) and Elyse Steinberg utilize their seemingly unfettered access to deliver a rollicking and never-dull insider’s view of a political campaign in crisis mode, but the most fascinating questions surrounding Weiner’s epic fall remain unanswered.
