The Trials of Ted Haggard

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justin w A pretty low grade doc about some pretty important ideas... Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member If you are like me and find the religious right as fascinating as I do, you are likely to be curious here. Ted Haggard, for all intents and purposes, is the 21st century example of how the mighty have fallen. Starting at the point of his forced exile from New Life, Pastor Ted is followed around as he tries to resolve his broken livelihood and family. For a persona such as Pastor Ted, this documentary feels criminally short. As interesting as it is on it's own, there is a lack of depth here that could possibly be a matter of the Haggard family keeping the filmmaker at arms length. There is a part of me that was hoping to witness Pastor Ted break into tears. With such a prominent past role of preaching against what he apparently is himself, the attempt made at garnering an ounce of sympathy fell way short of the mark. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Alexandra Pelosi has an amazing habit of being in the perfect place when documentary gold lands in her lap. But she sacrifices amazing improbable stories to be pals with her subjects. Haggard falls hard and Pelosi works hard to make him sympathetic. It IS a puzzle why Haggard would be so compliant to his former church's edicts. Do they really have the authority to EXILE him from the state of Colorado? And doesn't that contradict central parts of their creed? We certainly get enough decade-old footage of Pastor Ted talking forgiveness: did he embody their beliefs only to be excluded from them? This film is very brief, but you will have tons of questions you wish Pelosi had thought to ask. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member this so called (man of god) gets busted doing meth with a male escort !! i'm not churchy but this is an interesting documentry Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member I liked this, and it surprisingly made me feel tremendous sympathy toward its subject -- just wish it were longer, with more info about his background and rise to power. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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