Trainwreck: il sindaco del caos

This Trainwreck documentary does a very wonderful job of showcasing the struggles that Robert Ford had to go through in order to confront the scandalous situations he found himself caught in.

But frankly, I feel like it should have taken more time to talk about his policies and his ACTUAL work as a politician since he is a politician at the end of the day. We only got to see a glimpse of that here.

Maybe another area the documentary could have tackled on was how these compromising videos were caught on camera in the first place. It happened too many times, there has got to be a reason of some sort, was it perhaps because he had bad friends or something like that? This movie certainly won't give you the answer.

Poor Rob wanted to impress his Dad. Sound familiar? That is not the only glaring point that rang true for his values as well as the fool in DC right now. Except for the substance abuse which, of course, the king down south is famous for being clean and dry, their approaches to politics and fame were/are quite identical. I kept looking at poor Doug's face as he accompanied his brother at the podium many times, looking at him through the lens of revisionist history, what he was thinking we will never know. Rob resembled Chris Farley at his SNL-craziest. I did not necessarily learn a lot watching this doc, but I was shocked at how his enablers let so much go, right to the end. RIP.

I think this could of been a bit more condensed, slightly dragged on near the end, I mean there was the sneak peek at the begining that this was going to be a drug problem based documentry and that was his major secret. I read some other reviews that were 1 star about how documenting about someone drug problem is not entertainment and I can agree with that. I am glad he got help, and I dont know quite what he did, politically that was bad just that his drug and drinking problem was not good and it may of not been good entering a party for the military drugged up. At least he ended up getting help and focused on himself. I like the way he campaigned for the people, helping everyone with any problem that is a good basis.

I like how they related his media criminalizing tactic like Donald Trum.p at some points.

Yes, it showes a lot of the scandal and negative. However, don't just look at the surface, but dig deep and think about it: Ford was a very dedicated human being, who truly cared about people in his city, and like all people he had his struggles. Faced with challenges and scandals he really did the best he could in a very demanding role under very challenging circumstances. I always admired Ford for his brash and off-the-wall style, and I think this reaffirmed for me how people like to stigmatize people with mental health and substance use challenges. But often we are too quick to judge without looking at ourselves and realizing our humanity.

I really enjoyed this film. I was not sure if I would but I thought this was a good documentary. If you don't know who Bob Ford is this film gives you a quick overview of his political career. Maybe even too quick, as the film is only about 45 minutes. He's what I will say from the outside looking in, and again, this is only my opinion no fact her, it seem like he had a very strong personality and when he put his mind to getting something done it got done. Which is what I believe his fans loved about him. What his enemies didn't love was the fact that he was changing things in his local government from how things have always been. Regardless his life was cut tragically short. However, you cant be caught on tape breaking the law and you are in government. This film is good to watch if you don't know the history.