Pelosi in the House

Shallow and sychophantic puff-piece of a war mongering industry insider profiteering from societies inequalities, with almost nothing direct to say, filmed by her daughter. Takes an amusing turn when her reactions to Trump's unpredictable, off-script rantings can't contain her own surprise "He's a nut!" Nothing is mentioned about the millions she and her husband make on confidential insider trading deals & investments she is meant to be regulating on the stock market nor of when the Democrats held the house, congress AND the senate yet were still completely ineffective at challenging SYSTEMIC corporate stranglehold of Big Pharma nor of how (aside from Obamacare) she and the majority of her party have always voted for corporate interests over the welfare rights of the Working Class who she's meant to represent. Her advice to Biden in a phonecall is revealing "Don't go too left!" she says when representing the actual Working people who voted her in. In an honest society politicians like footballers would be wearing the corporate sponsorship of their paymasters on their shirt. For Pelosi there would be no room left on her shirt to fit all her corrupt profiteering sponsors. None of this is explored in this documentary. Things do take an interesting turn in the last half hour when the behind the scenes footage of her going through secret passageways to escape the outbreak of the riots of Capitol Hill calling out for Secret service to escort her to a safe location. Her incredulous reactions to Trump on her monitors are always amusing.

Having her daughter film this bland inoffensive fluff piece is just another example of nepotism & a cash grab whilst controlling her own narrative without ever being analysed or questioned. Her lack of warmth , connection or empathy with her own daughter is also quite telling. So are her daughters inter-actions with her father who likes to keep to the periphery out of sight. There is a scene where she meets the Pope & she becomes knock-kneed with the attention he gives her whilst he spreads his hands on her grandchildren's heads that speaks alot about Catholics in power & how.grand-standing to authority has replaced anything remotely connected to spirituality.

Again what is telling through this doc is that even when the Democrats had the senate,, the house and congress they did not vote in any substantial systemic change to improve the lives or rights of Workers in relation to challenging the Trillion dollar interests of their Corporate sponsors or the bloodlust of the Military Industrial Complex.

Not a Democrat I was still interested to learn more about Nancy's family history and her influences, likes, dislikes, kids, etc. Documentary spent about 10 minutes on that and the rest of the time on showing extreme leftwing media clips like MSNBC (a channel nobody watches or respects) and the old Democrat affliction; Trump Derangement Syndrom. It's an embarrassing look for Nancy. Nancy is undeniably a extremely successful woman and tough opponent in the world of politics. But would of been nice to more the mom, daughter, grandmother side of Nancy, more the things that make her human and approachable to even her political opposition.

The documentary of Nancy Pelosi by her daughter Alexandra gives a fascinating insight of how a powerful woman can influence politics and how reasonable decision making can be possible in the world's most powerful democracy. As European I despised president Trump, who did betray the office of president. I was impressed how ms. Pelosi did not lose her calm in dealing with this disaster called Trump, the most horrible and extreme narcissistic president the USA had. It's impressing. If you wanna know how politics in the Capitol are made look at this doc. The portrait gives an impressive image of a woman who was a positive and progressive powerhouse. She did almost never give up fighting for the good cause, inspiring for women and .... men (who want to serve democracy).

When I read the negative comments in this section I do think most commenters don't like her (do the hate (this) women?) and don't want to see the special images we can see, because her daughter can film her 'object' so closely.

The work of Pelosi consists of almost every day talking to people (much of the time by phoning them). She persuade and convince all the time politicians of both sides of the congress. She has a formidable memory and acted to everyone with respect and dignity.

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.

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!