Mayor Pete
Amazon Prime Video | Release Date (Streaming): November 12, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
VarietyOwen GleibermanNov 13, 2021
Mayor Pete shows us the trial by fire of it all, and also the jubilant grind. Read full review
75
ObserverRex ReedNov 16, 2021
As the focus of Mayor Pete, a fascinating chronicle of his 2019-2020 campaign, he’s living proof that decency, integrity, and liberty and justice for all still work in American politics. His story is like a good book you just can’t put down for fear that you might miss something. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleNov 11, 2021
It provides unvarnished behind-the-scenes access to a presidential campaign, showing aspects of the process that we would never see otherwise. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloNov 9, 2021
Moss spends the better part of a year just trying to get his subject to betray some raw emotion, even going so far as to have Chasten pose interview questions at one point. It’s not as if Buttigieg stonewalls the camera, either. He’s just not, at heart, a very demonstrative guy. Read full review
70
CNNBrian LowryNov 11, 2021
Mostly, the documentary premiering on Amazon serves as a social-studies lesson in how campaigns operate, with the most candid moments coming from those other than the candidate. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyOct 15, 2021
As a window into the campaign process, Mayor Pete doesn’t match the perspective or dramatic payoff of Moss’ last film, Boys State, co-directed with McBaine. But it does have the benefit of showing a man who seems destined to remain a force in American politics, growing into the role in real time. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comNick AllenNov 12, 2021
Mayor Pete has a compelling subject, but it's most gripping when it’s trying to secure your curiosity, not just your future vote. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinNov 11, 2021
Involving as the film is, it is decidedly short on propulsion and significant conflict. Read full review
60
TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanOct 16, 2021
It’s an enjoyable ride with intermittently compelling moments, particularly when Buttigieg struggles to find the balance between innate personality, intellectual morality, and professional practicality. But the film simply doesn’t dig deep enough. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichOct 15, 2021
Moss’ spry but often superficial film purports to explore what it’s like for an actual human being to run for the highest office in the land, and yet the competency and boy-scout-in-search-of-a-merit-badge resolve that (briefly) turned Buttigieg into an unexpectedly popular alternative to Donald Trump is also what renders him such an impenetrable subject for a documentary. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergNov 11, 2021
Showing Buttigieg at one public appearance after another, “Mayor Pete” more often plays like outtakes from the trail than an inside glimpse. Read full review
38
Slant MagazinePat BrownNov 8, 2021
The film’s approach is completely subsumed by the importance of the Mayor Pete persona as the means and ends of the candidacy. Read full review
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