After so much media coverage, certain details of the events feel overly familiar. But the director, Sarah Gibson, is often able to put the episodes into fresh contexts.

Stormy might not be confused for any of the other movies that its subject has starred in before, but it shares a few key things in common... It’s poorly shot, severely lacking in character detail, and much longer than most people would ever need it to be.

The team clearly have the utmost respect for the subject and did their best to tell her story.

Daniels — real name Stephanie Clifford — emerges as a 21st century heroine, clever, brave, funny, genuine, a “liberal hero even though I’m a Republican porn star who loves Sarah Palin”.