Stormy (2024 film)
2024 American documentary film
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Stormy is a 2024 American documentary film, directed and produced by Sarah Gibson. It follows Stormy Daniels, as she navigates being a mother, artist, and advocate working hard to reinvent herself following the Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal.
- Sarah Gibson
- Erin Lee Carr
- Emelia Brown
- Jonathan Furmanski
- Derek Howard
- Shiho Fukada
- Wolfgang Held
- Ben Kaplan
- Inbal B. Lessner
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| Directed by | Sarah Gibson |
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| Music by | Jeff Morrow |
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| Distributed by | Peacock |
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Running time | 109 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 8, 2024, and was released on March 18, 2024, by Peacock.
Premise
Stormy Daniels navigates being a mother, artist, and advocate working hard to reinvent herself following the Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal.
Production
Sarah Gibson and Stormy Daniels first met while working on a comedy project. Gibson later reached out to Daniels to do a documentary to which she agreed, as long as the project was not a puff piece and didn't gloss over her life struggles.[2] The film includes footage shot by Denver Nicks for an unreleased documentary.[3][4]
Erin Lee Carr serves as producer, while Judd Apatow serves as an executive producer under his Apatow Productions banner.[5]
Release
It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 8, 2024.[6][7] It was released on March 18, 2024, by Peacock.[8]
Reception
Critical reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 71% of 14 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.3/10.[9]
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 53 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[10]
Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com wrote: "It’s a successful attempt to strip away the political issues and present its subject as a flesh-and-blood human being, someone with feelings, anxieties, and a great deal of courage."[11] Nick Schager of The Daily Beast wrote: "Fortuitously timed, providing an insider’s view of this most tabloid-y of political tales and the woman at the center of it all."[12]
Conversely, David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film a C− writing: "It’s poorly shot, severely lacking in character detail, and much longer than most people would ever need it to be."[13] Daniel Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "This documentary could have been centered around Stormy Daniels today, and it would have been a better and more truthful movie. It wasn’t and it isn’t."[14] The film has additionally been criticized for being "unethical" including footage shot by Denver Nicks, as the two had been romantically involved.[15]