I enjoyed this sordid trip down memory lane. The film is really half news documentary and half biography-as-it-happened of Stormy Daniels. It tells the story, I believe truthfully, of the brief affair and stalking of Stormy Daniels by Donald Trump. This films deals with the unwanted and dangerous attention of trump supporters who threaten and openly despise Stormy while ignoring the other half of this affair.
In the news documentary portion, we see trump for what he is, a deceptive cheat who used his influence and celebrity to lure a woman half his age into his hotel room. We see the news clips, the evolution of Michael Avenetti, and the corruption of Guiliani with the hindsight to know what happened to these men.
On the biography side, we meet a woman who came from a very broken home, with a broken mother, who grew up in Baton Rouge, LA. Mentions are made of a molesting neighbor, of her introduction to the adult entertainment industry, first through dancing then to film, to worldwide recognition. Sadly, get to watch the dissolution of her marriage and her trying to protect her young daughter from the reality of the situation, I think of all the characters in this entire film, her husband of a decade was the most sympathetic character. He was caught up in an insane situation not of his making.
So, if you can put your either reverance or disdain of Trump aside, I think you may enjoy this film. The film does not idolize or demonize the characters, but presents them in an honest, understandable light.
In the news documentary portion, we see trump for what he is, a deceptive cheat who used his influence and celebrity to lure a woman half his age into his hotel room. We see the news clips, the evolution of Michael Avenetti, and the corruption of Guiliani with the hindsight to know what happened to these men.
On the biography side, we meet a woman who came from a very broken home, with a broken mother, who grew up in Baton Rouge, LA. Mentions are made of a molesting neighbor, of her introduction to the adult entertainment industry, first through dancing then to film, to worldwide recognition. Sadly, get to watch the dissolution of her marriage and her trying to protect her young daughter from the reality of the situation, I think of all the characters in this entire film, her husband of a decade was the most sympathetic character. He was caught up in an insane situation not of his making.
So, if you can put your either reverance or disdain of Trump aside, I think you may enjoy this film. The film does not idolize or demonize the characters, but presents them in an honest, understandable light.