Fascinating movie. Loved the every scene. Legendary documentary. Soooo goood

Alex Gibney is just born making masterpiece documentaries

Great documentary about one of the great tragedies of our time. Hubris derailed what could have been a progressive uprising in our country not seen since FDR.

-Sigh- Will The a Business World Ever Learn? Or Even Listen? Dishearteningly Honest & Unfortunately Very Real. The Public Taken As Suckers Thrown A Version Of The Story Those In Power Want You To Hear..Yet Peak Behind The Political Power Machine Curtain Of The USA Economy & You See The Ugly Truth. Their Are No Winners Here, Just Liars, Cheats, Fools & Follies. How Ever Will We Learn When Money Is The End Game & Hedonism Is The Vice. Both Sides In This Tale (Democrats & Republicans) As Bad As Each Other..Apparently The Political Swamp Was To Be Drained (By Trump) But I Don't See Any Change..This Documentary, 10-Years On Looks Oh So Familiar Today. Just The Names & Faces Have Changed. Compelling Viewing, Even If It Is Depraved. :-(

Structurally, it's not Gibney's strongest work, but Client 9 offers another important layer to the filmmaker's growing work in dissecting the imbalances of our society and how we fit in them. Mostly, though, Gibney has a true knack to expose evil in a very down-to-earth yet utterly terrifying way.

The main difference between this and many other documentaries is in the way that all the main players are allowed just to say what they want on the subject. There was no grilling by a biased interviewer harassing a certain interviewee, just to make him/her feel uncomfortable or to get a quick and cheap reaction. There was so much involved in the fall of Eliot Spitzer and that should be the main focus here. The inner workings of the politics that rule our world are both fascinating and disgusting. In the end, it's all about money and power. Somewhere Frank Underwood is smiling proudly. Well done boys. Well done.

Ex-post-facto Spitzer is likable and eloquent. Fortunately, the news footage and interviews with his opponents showcase his epic hubris. The "two Spitzers" create strong counterpoints in this compelling narrative.

Gripping documentary. This guy pissed off alot of people and they came back for vengeance.

Uneven, uninspiring docudrama that should have been way more interesting than it was; failed to follow up on a host of interesting questions.

Excellent documentary with a narrative as compelling as film noir with a cast of characters refracting with their views a surreal, postmodern kaleidoscope on power in the big city and the downfall of a politician whose investigations into the Wall Street financial corruption that brought on the 200...read more8 economic meltdown. The director uses an ironic, hip and medium-cool soundtrack as a counterpoint to the unfolding drama that cuts like the diamonds on the escort service used to rate the high-class call girls Eliot Spitzer paid for sex. A morality tale for our times that also surprisingly funny as the personal tragedy of Spitzer is threaded within the larger corruption of the society he wanted to reform yet ignoring his own hubris seeking greater fame as he climbed the ladder of success.

An engrossing Documentary that serves as a cautionary tale about making powerful enemies and leaving yourself game for character dissection. A fantastic story well told.

Really, it's impossible to screw up this story. Gibney, one of our great documentarians, stays out of the way and offers a measured, fascinating portrait of Spitzer's downfall.

Elliott Spitzer came to fame as "The Sheriff of Wall Street", using his position as NY's Attorney General to aggressively prosecute misconduct in the financial services industries. His enormous profile and populist credentials enabled him to become Governor of New York... but for only a little more than a year. In time the FBI revealed that he had been using the services of a $3,000 a night call girl service and he was forced to resign. To my surprise, this documentary sets out to defend Spitzer. It acknowledges that Spitzer made his bed and chose to lie in it, but argues that it was his influential enemies that kicked down the door and brought in the photographers. Filmmaker Alex Gibney has gotten access to nearly everyone in the drama. He interviews Spitzer extensively, and the Governor is rather candid... to a point. He can't deny anything, of course, but brushes aside the accusations that his approach to the law was like a rabid pit bull. Those accusations come from his enemies, who are also featured in interviews. They are also candid... to a point. The third party in the affair is the set of call girls and managers of the escort service that the Governor patronized. They're interviewed too... and you do get to learn a few interesting things about the world of the top flight of prostitutes that earn thousands of dollars an hour. Most memorable was the call girl who said that her wealthy clients were so decent and polite that she's given up on dating because the men she meets just can't measure up to the ones she services for a living. This movie is slick. Lighting and editing are gorgeous - and I expect that Gibney may move on to dramatic features in the future. The visual presentation also serves a thematic purpose. When one of Spitzer's self-proclaimed enemies is photographed relaxing on his Manhattan penthouse balcony, with the NYC skyline in the background - an in fact ALL of his subjects are shown in lush surroundings - the message is that this game of cowboys and indians is being played for high stakes by those with the most sophisticated weapons of power at their disposal.

4.25 stars. Great movie on Eliot Spitzer. Be careful the exhuberance with which you pursue certain goals. It can backfire at times. Very good documentary.

though his actions aren't admired, he is respected.

Alex Gibney strikes again (in a sense) with another great documentary about "The Sherrif Of Wall Street". Taking you from his rise to power (New York State Attorney General in 1998 to Governor in 2007) to his fall, but, at the hands of whom? Himself? Greedy Wall Street Bankers? Politicians who got crossed wrongly? Ultimately. it's left in the hands of the viewer. The movie does a great job leaving a lot to be pondered and slightly empowers you to do some research of your own. Like so many of Gibney's documentaries, they get you fired up because it makes you wonder what lengths people go to make money or conceal the truth to save their own legacy or business. Two of my main problems with this movie is that: 1. It doesn't offer alot of cold hard facts about the truth behind Spitzer's downfall. It has a lot of circumstancial evidence and hints about what "may" have been a plan but it doesn't amount to much of a conviction. The upsetting part is that we have MANY politicians still in power to this day that have done worse and didn't go through what Spitzer did. 2. The timeline of events seemed to jump around alot. It started out nice with Eliot Spitzer delivering his speech of stepping down as a nice foreshadowing but the constant jumps between the escort segments and him taking down Wall Street tycoons (back and forth) seemed to take away from the overall suspense and can be a little confusing. I even found myself wondering why some scenes weren't used sooner or later too. It blended a good mix of humor and straight political points too (hot poker anyone??) that get you thinking about how bad of enemies Eliot Spitzer made. It seems, through the movie, that Eliot did what Eliot wanted. As governor, he stepped on alot of toes of the wrong people but did even worse with his time as state Attorney. Good man with good intentions but victim of his own doing....in a sense. Highly recommended!

Overly-long and needlessly includes several terrible interviews with inconsequential, irritating wannabes. It's also uncertain whose side it's on - and not in an objective way.

This was on BBC 2 last night. An excellent examination of a very driven man. Despite everything, I was impressed with Spitzer. You need men who have that kind of arrogance to fight against embedded interests. A great film.

Finally got around to watching this.

Decent documentary about a fascinating web of intrigue. Where it falls it how it eventually dismisses, compartmentalizes, and explains away Spitzer's transgression. I will say that I have a little more respect for Spitzer after watching this because at least he had the balls to admit that his downfall was his own fault. The documentary itself doesn't seem to do that.