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The Decider review is worth reading #Melania #USpol

https://decider.com/2026/01/30/melania-trump-documentary-movie-review/

Kicking off your movie with a one-two punch of needle-dropping "Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones and "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson means you're probably one of three things: Martin Scorsese, Baz Luhrmann, or an idiot. Brett Ratner, accused sex pest and filmmaker behind the Rush Hour trilogy, is not either of the first two. He is, however, the director of
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The Wrap, Decider (down to 7% now) #Melania #USpol

'Melania' Review: A Tedious, Criminally Shallow Propaganda Puff Piece The "Rush Hour" director returns with a shameful cinematic suck-up masquerading as a real documentary William Bibbiani January 30, 2026 @ 9:17 PM DECIDER What Melania most resembles, apart from a concert movie that only features songs licensed from other artists (and, I can't stress this enough, often borrowed directly from other movies; the Phantom Thread score makes a cameo) is the kind of faith-based movies designed for people who hate movies because they spend the entire running time seething that they saw an interracial couple or a heroic Black woman or something. It's placid and uneventful - truly, people who watch it to bask in Melania's supposed glamour or to get a glimpse of their hero Donald will be getting all the tedium they deserve - because it doesn't know how to stop hitting the same note, over and over. Rather has reached his final form by making something that's not really a movie. It's just a bunch of footage.
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That’s the stuff. #Melania #USpol

Liz Shannon Miller * Consequence 44m *F Look, Leni Riefenstahl was a terrible person, but at least she had some style. Accused sex pest/confirmed hack Brett Ratner, meanwhile, captures the proceedings with all the flair of an HGTV... Go to Full Review 8% Tomatometer 12 Reviews
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Literally just the Standard. Pricks. #Melania #USpol

MELANIA Melania PG, Now Playing, : Documentary 10% Tomatometer 10 Reviews
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Variety, Daily Beast. #Melania #USpol

Home > Film > News Jan 30, 2026 11:49am PT 'Melania' Review: Brett Ratner's First Lady Documentary Is a Cheeseball Infomercial of Staggering Inertia There's no drama to a film that should have been called "Day of the Living Tradwife." By Owen Gleiberman v REVIEWS O Trust Me, 'Melania Is an Unbelievable Abomination of Filmmaking BE BESTER Kevin Fallon Editor-At-Large, Obsessed Updated Jan. 30 2026 2:41PM EST Published Jan. 30 2026 2:17PM EST
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The Evening Standard has given it four (4) stars. Reminder that the Standard is a weekly freesheet owned by a Russian oligarch whose father was a KGB agent #Melania #USpol

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Guardian and Independent #Melania #USpol

Melania Review Melania review - Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest One star Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing - there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable Melania review - First Lady is a preening, scowling void of pure nothingness in this ghastly bit of propaganda One star Hitting cinemas as the streets of America remain filled with the angry and grieving, the vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled chateau Nick Hilton
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The only film ever made where every member of the crew, other than Brett Ratner, is credited as “Alan Smithee”. #Melania #USpol

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lol. #Melania #USpol

Rolling Stone has reported that almost two- thirds of the New York production crew did not want their names associated with the film, which required "really long hours" in a "highly disorganized" and "very" chaotic environment. Even though more reportedly wished they had followed suit, the drama and chaos of Donald's time as president were the reasons. One source who said they wished they'd had the foresight to remove their name from the documentary told the outlet, "I'm much more alarmed now than I was a year ago."
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I don’t know who the CEO of RottenTomatoes is, but I hope they’re safely hidden away in a secret bunker somewhere. #Melania #USpol