Review of The Trials of Ted Haggard

"The Trials of Ted Haggard" is an American television documentary from 2009, so this HBO production is also already almost a decade old and this one was written and directed by Emmy nominee Alexandra Pelosi (yep she's the daughter) and this one here focuses on the rise, well no, mostly the fall of Ted Haggard. We find out what happened to him that resulted in his fall from grace and how he lives today among people like you or me. I guess he is a household name in the United States looking at how the liberal media here mocked him in the most disrespectful way possible, but here in Europe, he really isn't famous at all I must say and from what I saw in here, this won't change anytime soon. I never really understood why I should care for who he was or who he became. Oh well,there were still some interesting moments somehow and the man is a bit of a shining character still and the film is somewhat insightful occasionally, maybe more than it should be in terms of private life that is not meant for public disposure. So it's not a failure I guess, but I'd only recommend it as a whole to those who cared for Haggard before already as this film won't make you care. So I give it a thumbs-down as a whole. Not recommended.