Freaktana A Major Disappointment

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Walter Goldenberg You are there, a fly on the wall, as disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner reveals himself to be a politician bulging with ambition and narcissism. You are there as he stiffens his resolve after a sexting scandal and inserts himself into New York City's 2013 mayoral race. You are there as another sexting scandal erupts and sprays him and his wife Huma with its ejecta, and you are there as his courage wilts and droops and he descends into a spate of frenzied self-flagellation.Seriously, WEINER is a brilliant documentary - it grabs you from the very first instant that it comes on the screen, and it never lets you go - and, yes, Huma is the real star of the show. The looks on her face are worth more than all of Weiner's self-stroking loquacity put together.A big thumbs-up for WEINER!

Hellmant 'WEINER': Four and a Half Stars (Out of Five)The critically acclaimed documentary about Anthony Weiner's troubled political campaign for Mayor of New York City, in 2013. The movie was directed by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg. It not only received nearly unanimous positive reviews from critics, but it was also nominated for dozens of prestigious awards (and it made multiple critics' year end top 10 lists). I think it deserves all of the acclaim it's been given.The film begins in 2011, when Anthony Weiner was forced to resign from Congress; due to inappropriate photos of him in his underwear surfacing online (that he had previously sent to multiple women). The film then covers his reemergence in politics, in 2013, when he ran for Mayor of New York City (in the Democratic Party primary). The filmmakers follow him, and his wife Huma Abedin, as things first went really well for them (in the campaign). Then the couple was forced to deal with more accusations of inappropriate sexual conduct (by Weiner). This also (of course) caused severe trouble for the campaign.The movie is cringeworthy to watch, a lot of the time, but (for me at least) I couldn't look away either. It's so bizarrely fascinating, and extremely insightful. The filmmakers managed to get an incredibly intimate look into the personal life of Anthony Weiner; and he claims that they didn't have permission to use video of his wife. The film wouldn't have been nearly as insightful, or intimate, if they hadn't used it though. It's a documentary masterpiece, just about as good as they get (in my opinion)!Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: https://youtu.be/mFAp0zxR-lY

McFred This documentary was awesome. Now I even hate mainstream media more then I did before. For that I thank you.What I find weird about it is that its actually media that is the perverted one, not Weiner. They just cant stop talking about his dick. To make such a big deal out of a picture is beyond me. Why would that even interest people? And why didn't Weiner take a step back to get some perspective on things. After that leak from a girl who clearly only wants attention, he should have been like "Its a dickpic guys, get over it. Now to the real problems at hand". He gave in to it.Id vote for Weiner any day of the week. What a strong person he is.

calvinnme I really like the documentary because it does not editorialize. There is not one voice over in the whole thing. It is just Anthony Weiner ramping up his attempt to win the Democratic Mayoral primary, which in New York, is tantamount to winning the mayor's race since the city is overwhelmingly Democratic. Weiner had been the seven term liberal firebrand of a Democratic congressman from Brooklyn until a case of him sexting a woman along with pictures of his private parts came to light and caused him to resign in disgrace in 2011.His campaign starts out with hope in the spring of 2013, but soon with his rise in the polls, more sexting by Weiner rises to the surface because he is in the limelight again. He tries to paper over it, and the documentary lets you see him trying to paper over it, by saying that he had already said he had problems in his marriage and that he had never said exactly when the sexting problem began and ended. This sounded too much like "it depends on what your definition of is is" from the Clinton years and he crashed and burned politically, winding up in the single digits on primary day.This is no fluff piece. You see Weiner lose his temper, get involved in shouting matches with a guy in a Deli, and with Lawrence O'Donnell on liberal friendly MSNBC. Weiner thinks it makes him look like a fighter, instead it comes across as a refusal to face his problems. And as for his wife Huma Abadin, I just felt so sorry for her. Weiner must be surely suffering from an addiction if he is chasing after random women on the internet with such a smart sexy lady as his wife. After the more recent sexting comes to light, Huma never really says anything, but you can tell by her posture and look of indifference that she is likely mad as hell under that calm cool exterior. Worse, she is probably profoundly disappointed in someone who had regained her trust.One particular scene said it all for me as to Weiner's self centeredness. When the additional sexting comes to light he tells Huma he wants her with him all day. Not because he is worried about her mental state or needs her emotional support, but because he is "afraid someone (the press) will get to her".It's too bad that such a narcissist and sex addict was also rolled into the personality of somebody who seemed to genuinely care about average people, had an average upbringing so he knew where other people were coming from, and was willing to fight for what he thought was right. What a waste.