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@madeindex@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

🔥 Anybody else reaaally feel like review bombing this AD?

This quote sounds like a fitting review:
"Hello Mister President, congratulations!"
"Did you watch it?"
"No, I did not - I will see it on the news"
🤣 🤣 🤣

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_(film)

#Melania #Ad #News #MelaniaTrump #Trump #US #America #Unitedstates #Unitedstatesofamerica #politics #Epstein #USpol #Media #News #Post #Humor #Satire #Joke #Fun #Funny #portrait #politician

Screenshot of the Wikipedia article about the movie Melania 2026. It features the development section and the source "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_(film)"

ralfh

@ralfh@berlin.social · 2 weeks ago

#Melania am Ende

Keine Kinos in Berlin, die den Melania-Film abspielen.

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AnnaAnthro

@AnnaAnthro@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

#Melania #Trump Documentary Reviews Show Largest Difference Between Rotten Tomatoes Critics (1% liked it) and Movie Goers (99% liked it).

Forces IMDB to halt voting due to ‘irregularities’ in the process.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/melania-trump-doc-reviews-rotten-tomatoes-1235511549/

Rolling Stone

‘Melania’ Attains Biggest Critic-Audience Disparity in Rotten Tomatoes History

Melania Trump's new documentary is now the film with the biggest disparity between critic and audience reviews in Rotten Tomatoes history.

AnnaAnthro

@AnnaAnthro@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

#Melania #Trump Documentary Reviews Show Largest Difference Between Rotten Tomatoes Critics (1% liked it) and Movie Goers (99% liked it).

Forces IMDB to halt voting due to ‘irregularities’ in the process.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/melania-trump-doc-reviews-rotten-tomatoes-1235511549/

Rolling Stone

‘Melania’ Attains Biggest Critic-Audience Disparity in Rotten Tomatoes History

Melania Trump's new documentary is now the film with the biggest disparity between critic and audience reviews in Rotten Tomatoes history.

Charlie Stross boosted

JdeBP

@JdeBP@mastodon.scot · 3 weeks ago

@cstross

One of the FediVerse's own reviewers, @beer_mat_movies , was adding to the anecdotes of audiences that were wholly movie reviewers just the other day.

https://mastodonapp.uk/@beer_mat_movies/115999980450841401

The review itself is at the top of that thread.

#Melania #MelaniaTrump #USMovies #Amazon

Charlie Stross

@cstross@wandering.shop · 3 weeks ago

Melania makes just £33,000 at UK box office after near-empty screenings: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/melania-trump-movie-documentary-film-b2913744.html

The Independent

Melania UK box office results revealed after near-empty screenings

Documentary, which cost Amazon a reported £54.6m, almost didn’t crack top 30 after sparsely attended showings

JdeBP

@JdeBP@mastodon.scot · 3 weeks ago

@cstross

One of the FediVerse's own reviewers, @beer_mat_movies , was adding to the anecdotes of audiences that were wholly movie reviewers just the other day.

https://mastodonapp.uk/@beer_mat_movies/115999980450841401

The review itself is at the top of that thread.

#Melania #MelaniaTrump #USMovies #Amazon

Thomas Ryberg and 3 others boosted

Substandard Nerd

@substandardnerd@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

The Guardian have been forced to post a correction of a regrettable error on their review of Melania.

#Melania

Screencap of the correction posted on The Guardian reading " The star rating for this film was corrected on 2 February 2026. A formatting issue led an earlier version to be awarded one star, when the reviewer’s intention was zero."

Bjørnar (he/him) boosted

Warner Crocker

@WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Who says newspapers don't issue corrections? From The Guardian #Movies #Melania

“Screenshot of a note with a bullet point that reads: ‘The star rating for this film was corrected on 2 February 2026. A formatting issue led an earlier version to be awarded one star, when the reviewer’s intention was zero.’”

Warner Crocker

@WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Who says newspapers don't issue corrections? From The Guardian #Movies #Melania

Substandard Nerd

@substandardnerd@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

The Guardian have been forced to post a correction of a regrettable error on their review of Melania.

#Melania

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DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

@drrjv@vmst.io · 3 weeks ago

“Melania is shambolic, putrid, pitiful garbage: A brazen, awkward, irredeemable infomercial that ignores truth and scrutiny in favour of performative humility. It’s not just wretched – it’s offensive to the collective intelligence of the human race.”

https://cineramafilm.com/2026/02/02/melania-review/ #melania

Cinerama Film

Melania (review) - media like this, that is so unashamedly propagandistic, needs to be called out for what it is - Cinerama Film

Melania (review) - media like this, that is so unashamedly propagandistic, needs to be called out for what it is.

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 boosted

Nick

@Nickiquote@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

For those who are still interested, which I cannot imagine is many of you, the RottenTomatoes score is down to 8% and they are still yet to list a bunch of negative reviews like the Empire one.

In the meantime here’s the New Yorker, GQ and Cinerama. #Melania #USpol

3 media

GQ

Melania May Go Down in
History as One of the
Least Revealing
Documentaries Ever
Made
But if you've never watched the First Lady get
on and off a plane, Brett Ratner's got a movie
for you.
By Vince Mancini
February 2, 2026 — GQ Melania May Go Down in History as One of the Least Revealing Documentaries Ever Made But if you've never watched the First Lady get on and off a plane, Brett Ratner's got a movie for you. By Vince Mancini February 2, 2026

Melania (review) - media
like this, that is so
unashamedly
propagandistic, needs to be
called out for what it is
2nd February 2026 • by Calum Cooper

Melania is shambolic, putrid, pitiful
garbage: A brazen, awkward,
irredeemable infomercial that ignores
truth and scrutiny in favour of
performative humility. It's not just
wretched - it's offensive to the
collective intelligence of the human
race.

No stars

Avoid — Melania (review) - media like this, that is so unashamedly propagandistic, needs to be called out for what it is 2nd February 2026 • by Calum Cooper Melania is shambolic, putrid, pitiful garbage: A brazen, awkward, irredeemable infomercial that ignores truth and scrutiny in favour of performative humility. It's not just wretched - it's offensive to the collective intelligence of the human race. No stars Avoid

THE NEW YORKER

"MELANIA" IS A FORTY-
MILLION-DOLLAR
JOURNEY INTO THE
VOID
The First Lady's lavish new documentary portrays
world events as B-roll between wardrobe changes.
By Lauren Collins
February 2, 2026 — THE NEW YORKER "MELANIA" IS A FORTY- MILLION-DOLLAR JOURNEY INTO THE VOID The First Lady's lavish new documentary portrays world events as B-roll between wardrobe changes. By Lauren Collins February 2, 2026

Nick

@Nickiquote@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

This Sean Burns review has some observations about the audience in his screening.

https://northshoremovies.wpcomstaging.com/2026/01/31/review-melania/

#Melania #USpol

2 media

I saw "Melania" at four o'clock in the afternoon on
opening day at the AMC Assembly Row in Somerville.
It was playing in the 12-screen complex's smallest
auditorium, all the way in the back, where posters
advertised coming attractions "Sisu: Road to Re-
venge," "Americana" and "Ella McCay," three films
that opened and closed last year. The room was
packed near capacity with women in their 50s, audi-
bly wine-drunk and unable to keep themselves from
making catty comments whenever Joe Biden or any
other Democrats appeared onscreen. There were
only two males besides myself in the theater, one
wearing an American flag patch on his jacket the way
motorcycle gangs wear their colors, the other with a
shaved head and the thumb-shaped proportions of
guys who make front-facing camera videos in their
pickup trucks. I didn't ask them how they liked the
movie, but the whole place did applaud when the
Bidens' helicopter left after the inauguration. — I saw "Melania" at four o'clock in the afternoon on opening day at the AMC Assembly Row in Somerville. It was playing in the 12-screen complex's smallest auditorium, all the way in the back, where posters advertised coming attractions "Sisu: Road to Re- venge," "Americana" and "Ella McCay," three films that opened and closed last year. The room was packed near capacity with women in their 50s, audi- bly wine-drunk and unable to keep themselves from making catty comments whenever Joe Biden or any other Democrats appeared onscreen. There were only two males besides myself in the theater, one wearing an American flag patch on his jacket the way motorcycle gangs wear their colors, the other with a shaved head and the thumb-shaped proportions of guys who make front-facing camera videos in their pickup trucks. I didn't ask them how they liked the movie, but the whole place did applaud when the Bidens' helicopter left after the inauguration.

Going to see "Mela-
nia" was clearly a
pilgrimage of sorts
for these people,
their way of "owning the libs." They seemed happy to
have been suckered, the President once again fleec-
ing his followers with the multiplex edition of
Trump's NFTs or the Trump Bible. I know every-
thing's a grift all the way down, but you'd think peo-
ple would see through something this contemptu-
ously slapdash. There's more than one scene in the
movie where everyone just stands around watching
TV. The porcine Ratner can be glimpsed on the mar-
gins of the action, and is sometimes heard shouting
obsequious comments from out of frame. ("Congrat-
ulations, Mr. President!") He's often pointing a Super
8 camera, from which we occasionally see the jerky,
unfocused footage. At least Leni Riefenstahl could
frame a shot

Zero out of five — Going to see "Mela- nia" was clearly a pilgrimage of sorts for these people, their way of "owning the libs." They seemed happy to have been suckered, the President once again fleec- ing his followers with the multiplex edition of Trump's NFTs or the Trump Bible. I know every- thing's a grift all the way down, but you'd think peo- ple would see through something this contemptu- ously slapdash. There's more than one scene in the movie where everyone just stands around watching TV. The porcine Ratner can be glimpsed on the mar- gins of the action, and is sometimes heard shouting obsequious comments from out of frame. ("Congrat- ulations, Mr. President!") He's often pointing a Super 8 camera, from which we occasionally see the jerky, unfocused footage. At least Leni Riefenstahl could frame a shot Zero out of five

NorthShoreMovies.net

Review – Melania

MELANIA. A documentary directed by Brett Ratner. Featuring Melania Trump, Donald Trump. Rated PG. 107 minutes. In theaters. Signifying nothing One of the most stultifying moviegoing experiences ima…

Nick

@Nickiquote@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

For those who are still interested, which I cannot imagine is many of you, the RottenTomatoes score is down to 8% and they are still yet to list a bunch of negative reviews like the Empire one.

In the meantime here’s the New Yorker, GQ and Cinerama. #Melania #USpol

3 media

DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

@drrjv@vmst.io · 3 weeks ago

https://cineramafilm.com/2026/02/02/melania-review/ #melania

Cinerama Film

Melania (review) - media like this, that is so unashamedly propagandistic, needs to be called out for what it is - Cinerama Film

Melania (review) - media like this, that is so unashamedly propagandistic, needs to be called out for what it is.

Ben boosted

Nick

@Nickiquote@mstdn.social · 4 weeks ago

I wasn’t expecting the bit in the #Melania documentary where she sat down and watched two very early episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond in a row and they showed you them in real time, with ads, so that took up about 50% of the running time.

But as a creative decision by the director I think it was sound and was definitely the highlight of the film. #USpoll

Ben boosted

Nick

@Nickiquote@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Melania now has a “Verified Hot” status based on audience reviews.

It appears you need 500 verified user ratings to get to that status. To post a verified review, you need to book a ticket through the Fandango app (sounds like a swizz, but bear with).

You don’t have to turn up and watch the movie. The average cost of a cinema ticket in the US is $11.

If you wanted to post 500 five star verified reviews, it would cost you $5,500.

#USpol