Anthony Weiner was a loud-mouthed congressman whose career came to and end amid (relatively) minor sexual scandal. But Weiner is an insufferable egoist, and instead of accepting his time in the spotlight had come to an end, he decided to stand for the mayoralty of New York City, and invited a documentary maker to film him as he did so. The results are painful: the press is only interested in the scandal, new scandal erupts, but the underlying feeling one gets is of Weiner's selfishness and need for attention. That he might just retreat to a backroom role for the sake of his wife (an aide to Hilary Clinton) never seems to occur to him. Weiner might ultimately be remembered as more than a footnote because an FBI investigation into his sexual texting was exploited by enemies of Clinton during her recent failed election campaign against Donald Trump. Aside from that, this documentary is basically a reminder that politicians are simply not like the rest of us, not because we're all morally virtuous, but because any normal person caught in this sort of situation would give up and move on.
Review of Weiner
