Pelosi in the House

As "Pelosi In the House" (2022 release; 109 min) opens, Nancy Pelosi is walking through the corridors of the US Congress, as her daughter Alexandra, who is filming her, struggles to keep up. We then go to the 2017 swearing-in ceremony of Trump, as Pelosi shows her clear distain, and she is even more explicit in her feelings at Trump's first State of the Union address...

Couple of comments: this is the latest documentary from Alexandra Pelosi. Here she brings an insider's view (and ode) to her mother Nancy, the longtime leader of the House Democratic Caucus. Mixing publicly available archive and private footage collected over many years, Alexandra portrays Nancy as a tireless worker. "You can never get tired", Nancy explains. All of it culminates in the passage of ObamaCare in 2010, as Nancy works the phones to collect one vote after another of unconvinced Democrats. The documentary reveals nothing new as such, except that is when we get to the January 6 insurrection, when deranged Trump supporters do what they know best: trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power (and failing, of course). Alexandra brings never before seen footage of members of US Congress (both houses, both parties) being bunkered up in a safe location. Watch how Nancy Pelosi handles the situation... This documentary is currently rated 86% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, which seems a little high to me. AS for the 1 and 2 star reviews on here, they are not "reviewing" this documentary, but instead are simply making a political comment about their utter disdain of Nancy Pelosi. As Nancy comments in the documentary about the increasingly personal attacks on her from Trump supporters: the only reason they do that is because I am a winner, which they hate". The truth is that this documentary falls somewhere the 86% Rotten Tomatoes rating and those 1 and 2 star ratings from Trump trolls. For a much stronger documentary by Alexandra Pelosi, check out her pervious documentary, 2020's "American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself".

"Pelosi In the House" premiered on HBO and HOB Max a few weeks ago, and I finally got around to seeing it. If you have an interest in politics and/or in understanding how the January 6 insurrection affected the workings of the US Congress on both sides of the aisle, I'd readily suggest you check this out and draw your own conclusion.

It should go without saying that Nancy Pelosi has been one of (if not) *the* most powerful women in American/global politics. She is a political Jedi with a mother's sense of priorities.

Admittedly I'm a left-leaning Independent-haven't always agreed with her and not here for hero worship-but this doc speaks to Pelosi's longevity, political savvy & effectiveness at *doing her job.*

Love her or hate her, the doc paints a portrait of what DC inside baseball looks like at the highest levels power - from her family's political background to trailblazing as a twice-elected woman Speaker.

What stands out the most clearly: Nancy never GAF about getting elected just to stay in office; she pushed her chips to the table multiple times over the last couple decades with ZERO regard for re-election-and that's probably why she lasted so long in Congress.

I was not opposed to sitting through another one, regardless of subject. If you're sick of political films always pushing a viewpoint, and usually a rancid one, try one or two of A. Pelosi's documentaries. Don't get me wrong. It's fine to have an agenda (and she likely as not does have one), but don't cram it down the viewer's throat (she hasn't). Few get the access AP has had, and none as much she has had with this particular subject! Her hands off approach and humor go far in a way that makes me happy a film about Nancy P was made by a woman, and doubly so that it was Alexandra. Being not well-verses on Nancy Pelosi's life prior to Obama, it was great to realize I am inspired by her as much as I am by Hillary, and Ruth Bader. Her resume is as impressive as any, and AP captured her humanity and imperfections. When you watch the adversity she's dealt with, you can really begin wonder how she didn't give up. Uncanny she made it this far AND managed to actually get a lot accomplished. So few Republican politicians ever do any real work once elected, but Pelosi has never stopped.

Nancy's daughter may love her, may admire her and may have more access and insight to who she truly is, but that does not qualify her to be a documentary film maker. Not only does her lack of film making show, it comes off as a family centric historical passion piece and Nancy's legacy is deserving of more. There is so much drama and struggle that was not captured or shown.

If you are wondering why ratings for this piece is low, that is why, in the hands of a capable or qualified film maker this could have been a defining piece for female leadership.

This is the same mistake Nolan Ryan's son made in his doc last year, but at least there, you could tell he worked with an experienced crew and the gratuitous parts of that doc where clearly at the insistence of the children.

You only get one bite at the apply and unfortunately this was not a good one. This was too long, too boring and too bland. I'd say Nancy's life is in the 10 range and this movie does not reflect that. Some times family needs to get out of their own way.

This is excellent! Not as good as, say, An Inconvenient Truth or Fahrenheit 9/11, but excellent.

I find it interesting that half of the ratings are exactly zero. (At this writing, there are 566 "0" ratings, out of 1.2k reviews.) More zeros than any other rating. Makes you think these reviews were purely partisan. They don't like Pelosi, so they don't like the documentary.

Since her daughter obviously had exclusive access to Pelosi, there are a lot of scenes that would never be recorded in the life of most politicians.

Nancy Pelosi was definitely a pioneer in her career! Kudos to her and kudos to her daughter for making this documentary!