Mayor Pete

R

2021

1 hr. 36 min.

Documentary

List

71%

49 Reviews

Tomatometer

53%

50+ Ratings

Audience Score

Mayor Pete brings viewers inside Pete's campaign to be the youngest U.S. President, providing an unprecedented intimacy with the candidate, his husband Chasten, and their ambitious team. From the earliest days of the campaign, to his unlikely, triumphant victory in Iowa and beyond. This film reveals what really goes on inside a campaign for the highest office in the land -- and the myriad ways it changes the lives of those at its center. Recently appointed to U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Buttigieg serves as the first openly LGBTQ Cabinet member in U.S. history.

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Critics Consensus

Mayor Pete may not pull back the curtain on its subject's deepest inner self, but it remains a compelling portrait of a candidate on the campaign trail.

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Tom S

Great 👍🏻 insight on a great soldier, politician and Patriot. Mayor Pete is dope! And for god's sake can we at least do something about global warming. 🙏🏻 Mayor Pete

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/15/24

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sachin j

Propaganda movie to just whitewash his image and get him ready as a presidential candidate

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/13/23

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greg r

This guy is going places.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

This movie is not really worth watching. It over glorified a mayor, who ran for President on a terrible platform and ultimately lost, and is the leader behind the current supply chain crises. If you enjoy fiction and the glorification of people who can't do their job well, then this is for you!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

This isn't a documentary it's a fluffer film.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

He somehow manages to come off as even more phony and plastic as he does in interviews. If he was straight, nobody would know his name. He has zero substance and nothing of importance to say.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Jesse Moss

Director

Pete Buttigieg

Self

Chasten Buttigieg

Self

Jeff Seymann Gilbert

Writer

Jesse Moss

Producer

Jon Bardin

Producer

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Rex Reed

Observer

Considering what we've been through recently, I'd rather fawn over a hero in the making than moan over a rotten past.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 19, 2021

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Spencer Kornhaber

The Atlantic

Mayor Pete ends up suggesting that his alleged roboticism, and all the things it implies but doesn't say, is a feature and not a bug of his political potency

Nov 17, 2021

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Owen Gleiberman

Variety

Jesse Moss's compelling portrait of Pete Buttigieg sheds new light on the rare presidential contender with the X factor.

Nov 14, 2021

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John Paul King

Washington Blade

A thoughtful, personable, and — yes, I’ll say it — inspiring look at Buttigieg as a man, rather than a phenomenon or a political event.

May 19, 2022

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Dan Bayer

Next Best Picture

Moss may steer clear of hagiography, but he never delves too far beneath the surface, either, coming up with nothing new or interesting to say about his subject. It may do right by what its subject wanted, but it comes up short of what he deserved.

Rated: 4/10

May 10, 2022

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David Reddish

Queerty

Moss and his camera present Pete Buttigieg as an almost unflappable entityone who possesses both extraordinary political aptitude almost creates his public flaws.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 13, 2022

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Synopsis

Mayor Pete brings viewers inside Pete's campaign to be the youngest U.S. President, providing an unprecedented intimacy with the candidate, his husband Chasten, and their ambitious team. From the earliest days of the campaign, to his unlikely, triumphant victory in Iowa and beyond. This film reveals what really goes on inside a campaign for the highest office in the land -- and the myriad ways it changes the lives of those at its center. Recently appointed to U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Buttigieg serves as the first openly LGBTQ Cabinet member in U.S. history.

Director: Jesse Moss
Executive Producer: Laurie Lennard, Julie Gaither, Liz Garbus, Regina K. Scully
Screenwriter: Jeff Seymann Gilbert, Jeff Seymann Gilbert
Production Co: Amazon Studios, Story Syndicate, Artemis Rising Foundation
Rating: R
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 12, 2021

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