Documentary - Weiner

Documentary - Weiner

Film 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  

“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”