Year One: A Political Odyssey

Republicans will give this a 1 rating without even watching beyond the first 15 seconds because it opens with a voice over of Jake Tapper referring to Trump as the "disgraced President" as we see Trump board a helicopter ending his twice impeached term as President.

The documentary is a fascinating look at the challenges the Biden administration had to overcome and dig America out of the hole that Trump dug.

This was an interesting and well paced overview that dives into the challenges the Biden Administration came across with interviews with all of the major players involved.

From dealing with the hacking of Russia to overcoming Covid in month number one we see how Biden and his team tackle the problems and put out the fires.

This documentary is basically just clips of a handful of people from the Biden team telling you how great they and their administration are. The filmmakers don't provide any critical commentary. The likes of Ron Klain and Jen Psaki don't show any signs of having engaged in any self reflection or self criticism. It makes for a dull documentary that offers few lessons or explanations about anything.

Making it even duller, the production value is pretty low. There's nothing appealing or interesting about the visuals or the audio, and a lot of the interview clips are 50%+ too long for what little information they offer.

I'm not really sure who this was made for. It'd be painfully boring for anyone who's not deeply interested in our politics, but it offers nothing new for anyone who follows the White House at all closely... just the same self-comgratulatory spiels these officials deliver all the time.

*yawn*

This documentary has a bunch of democrats spinning their narrative to turn everything that happened in Biden's first year of presidency positive, without any another perspective or facts to back up their words. Typical indoctrination video to turn people with no critical thinking skills to their side and get their votes. I will give them a bit of credit in that they did sort of admit their blunder of how they coordinated the pull out of troops from Afghanistan. If you're on the left side of politics, discover the facts and review your history. Watch documentaries on history and you'll see the issues with democrats and the suffering their policies and decisions have brought to this world...

From the cast of characters that brought you a disaster in Afghanistan, inflation from day one of the Presidency, empty shelves, fingers in the war in Ukraine, unfettered illegal immigration, fentynal, eye-watering crime levels, laptops, Russia dossiers, criminal deals, money laundering for the Big Guy, and smoking guns aplenty. Well that's just a brief summary of the plot glossed over with quirky voxpops of life behind the press briefing room. Thankfully the CNN crew that pushed all the "reliable sources" are almost gone, and so will half the staffers after November. While the West ponders nuclear war, Biden and his absentee VP ponder more boosters for your arm, LGBTQ+ bumper stickers, sex manuals for kids, the weather and keeping the borders open, Russia and China plot their next move facing zero resistance from grandad Joe. Year One: A Political Comedy. (If only).

This is obvious fluff piece which makes it hard to watch for anyone including movie critics who are usually not Republican... change my mind. Is there actually anyone on this documentary that thinks they are not doing good. That would actually make this a documentary if you see multiple opinions that don't involve the White House critiquing themselves. Who doesn't think they are a good person or don't do any wrong. Even serial killers probably don't think they are that bad... to themselves. That's what's wrong with this documentary it has no balls and doesn't actually answer any real questions that are not unscripted.