Running with Beto

After watching Beto's live-streams campaigning across the state of Texas for two years, it was uplifting to see the more vulnerable side of Beto and his family. His family's sacrifices to run for public office were huge. Beto is a transparent, authentic, funny, compassionate, and brilliant man and this film shows that. This film captures his strengths and vulnerabilities with unblinking honesty. Kudos to the filmmakers. Outstanding work.

When people care, when people go out of their way to make changes happen for the better, strive hard to improve conditions for others and to help lift the community, you see that fire in their eyes. I hope Texas turns blue some day. The world spins forward, and doesn't matter how hard you wish it, nobody's going back. Thank you Beto for running in Texas.

As someone living in Austin, I had every intention of watching this documentary. That was until the makers of this documentary held a dinner at the restaurant I was working at and were incredibly rude, belittling, and entitled. I have waited on high maintenance parties and groups on more than one occasion, but this was by far the most disrespectful group of people I have ever had the unpleasant experience of hosting. After being treated as an ignorant, unintelligent waitress for three hours by the production crew of this film, I can't bring myself to watch it.

Watching how some smart people managed to fool many people that Beto is anything more than an empty suit full of platitudes was a little interesting, but the guy is so fake I couldn't understand why people were so enamored with him.

Bad writing. Bad directiong. Bad continuity. Bad acting. Just an overall terrible production that is only watchable by fans of beto the bomb.. In a long line of dissapoints from HBO which was excellent at one time. Truly sad.