Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

Alex Gibney explores the ex-governor's prostitution scandal and downfall in a taut, compelling documentary.

When New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was caught in a scandal involving high-priced call girls in March 2008, the New York Post's tabloid exuberance expertly captured the public mood of prurient surprise with a front-page headline for the ages: "Ho No! Gov Nailed in Hooker Shock." For Spitzer was not just any elected official caught patronizing $1,000-a-night prostitutes. As the state's attorney general, he had become known as "the sheriff of Wall Street" for his willingness to take on powerful and previously untouchable special interests in the financial world. [...]

di Kenneth Turan, articolo completo (5564 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 12 novembre 2010