What amazes me about anthony weiner in this film (spoilers?? maybe?)

It's the sign of a true narcissistic sociopath.

Well he did say at the end, almost under his breath:
"I have a virtually unlimited ability to *beep* up everything on any given day."

But I agree that for most of the doc he seemed to exhibit pathological tendencies.

I watched this yesterday and I was stunned. After watching the documentary, I felt like something was truly mentally wrong with Anthony Weiner. Like something you need medication or years of therapy to fix.

He shows next to no remorse the entire time.He can't even remember how many women he talked to and what he sent. He never really appears to be close to Huma or even love her aside from some jokes and corny lines about her professional prowess.

Huma is shown to be very shy on camera and that's fine....but Huma and Weiner are almost never holding hands, hugging, kissing, giving a tender peck on the cheek, etc.

I can think of many political couples, especially the Obamas, where they are caught on camera in at least one or two tender romantic moments when they are being filmed/photographed almost all hours of the day. There was nothing like that here.

I read Weiner is in rehab in TN right now and he really, truly needs it.

Huma should find a new, loving, faithful husband to help her raise her young son. I wish her the best.

I think he does have some (small) degree of self-reflection but only after having lost everything and being stripped of his arrogance or making an utter fool of himself yet again. Specifically parts of the film like the Lawrence O'Donnell interview and the argument with the prejudiced Jewish guy show just how undisciplined he truly is; he just cannot help himself. Then when he is obsessively rewatching the Lawrence interview the next day, a foot from the television, and Huma is looking at him like he is crazy... that truly says all you really need to know. The person who called him a "glib narcissist" was absolutely spot on.

I don't think it was really the sexting or being labeled a "pervert" (how many millions of people have sent lewd photos) that ultimately did him in. New Yorkers, and the American people at large, had just had enough of the guy's manic swings and immature behavior. He's like the "drunk Uncle" that comes over for Christmas and is entertaining and talks a great game, but when you ask him to come to your [insert important event], he is just as likely to be out at the bar. The voters of NYC just couldn't trust him to put their needs before his own due to his narcissism and arrogance. His greatest strengths as a politician were probably also his greatest weaknesses.

The fact that he even agreed to let the camera crew follow him around and document this entire thing is illuminating enough. I am glad he did though because it made for a fascinating documentary and people got to see how lots of politicians function behind closed doors (what they truly value, how they view themselves, etc). So many people just love to simplify things and say, " Oh he was a pervert" and that's that. This doc really let you behind the curtain and was really well-done. Kudos to the director!

its pretty amazing, if you watch some of the famous interviews you can see some common traits among these four interviewees: Nixon (frost/nixon interviews) Weiner, and the ones that amaze me, is how similar they are to John Wayne Gacy (mass murderer) and Charles manson. There is a parallel with all of these interviews.