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magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
Sun May 22, 2016, 03:56 PM May 2016

Weiner trailer. Movie out this weekend; ooops Sundance Review: best political doc ever



The reviews are in, and a film retelling the story of former New York Rep. Anthony Weiner’s 2013 mayoral campaign has been called “extraordinary,” witty, and “one of the most provocative” political documentaries out there.

The documentary, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, has received mostly positive reviews for its intimate portrait of Weiner’s marriage to Huma Abedin, a longtime top aide to Hillary Clinton, as well as its critique of the media’s handling of Weiner’s scandals.

Stephen Holden of the New York Times wrote, “This cringe-inducing portrait of an arrogant politician’s self-immolation, like the follies of Gary Hart, John Edwards, Bill Clinton and Eliot Spitzer, shows that even at the risk of career suicide, the penis will not be denied,”

"Weiner" is currently registering a 90 percent rating on review site Rotten Tomatoes.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/anthony-weiner-movie-reviews-223440#ixzz49PsUOeHw
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Weiner trailer. Movie out this weekend; ooops Sundance Review: best political doc ever (Original Post) magical thyme May 2016 OP
Maybe Anthony is looking forward to an appointment as roving ambassador for djean111 May 2016 #1
I think he 'owns' his scandal. Sunlei May 2016 #2
Who knows being a politician who is an exibitionist might might work.... gordianot May 2016 #3
In France; an underwear bulge is one big Yawn. zebonaut May 2016 #4
 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
1. Maybe Anthony is looking forward to an appointment as roving ambassador for
Sun May 22, 2016, 04:06 PM
May 2016

Fruit of the Loom and Hanes.

gordianot

(15,238 posts)
3. Who knows being a politician who is an exibitionist might might work....
Sun May 22, 2016, 04:09 PM
May 2016

...without direct physical human contact might work in 2016?

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