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mahatmakanejeeves

(68,663 posts)
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 08:35 PM 11 hrs ago

BuzzFeed: "'Melania' Is The Worst Movie I've Ever Seen"

"Melania" Is The Worst Movie I've Ever Seen

Is propaganda always this dull...

Posted 5 hours ago
by Natasha Jokic • BuzzFeed Staff

Note: This post is an Op-Ed and shares the author's personal views.

Last night, I left an empty chickpea can on my counter. When I came back 30 minutes later, small, black bugs had swarmed the tin and were crawling over my sink. I would rather relive that moment a hundred times over than have to watch another minute of the movie Melania.


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Melania, the $75 million documentary made by Amazon-MGM, follows the first lady for 20 days before the inauguration. It’s directed by Brett Ratner, who you might know for Rush Hour and being accused of sexual misconduct (he has denied the allegations).

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The movie opens with Melania's red bottoms walking the halls of Mar-A-Lago as "Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones plays (the band has previously sent the Trump administration cease-and-desist orders and threatened to sue them over the use of their songs). We follow Melania as she boards the Trump private jet, which boasts a Trump bobble head, to fly to their alarmingly gold New York Trump Tower residence. Melania says the first words of the movie: "Everyone wants to know." So here we are.

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It is tough to think of a worse time for this movie to have come out. We see Melania talk of the grief of losing her mother, as Renée Good's children mourn her. The first lady talks about the importance of being an immigrant while she walks through the rotunda, as ICE butchers people on the street. She reiterates her dedication to the welfare of children, as a 5-year-old is held in detention. The portion of Trump's inauguration where he committed to preserving the Constitution plays. It would be funny if it weren't so dark.

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BuzzFeed: "'Melania' Is The Worst Movie I've Ever Seen" (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 11 hrs ago OP
So it's going to ask why did you watch? The Heading appear to be written by you not someone else. msfiddlestix 10 hrs ago #1
Fixed. I added some quotation marks. Thanks. NT mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago #6
I read today that, in Boston, some people were getting paid 50 bucks to sit through the movie. chouchou 10 hrs ago #2
Boycott Amazon Botany 8 hrs ago #3
"Last night, I left an empty chickpea can on my counter". Martin Eden 8 hrs ago #4
It may be the worst movie I'll never see. nt Xipe Totec 8 hrs ago #5

msfiddlestix

(8,167 posts)
1. So it's going to ask why did you watch? The Heading appear to be written by you not someone else.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:19 PM
10 hrs ago

I see that a lot recently wonder why that is.

chouchou

(2,897 posts)
2. I read today that, in Boston, some people were getting paid 50 bucks to sit through the movie.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:29 PM
10 hrs ago

I'd probably do it. Hey, 35 dollars an hour...no problem.

Martin Eden

(15,416 posts)
4. "Last night, I left an empty chickpea can on my counter".
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 11:12 PM
8 hrs ago

Q:
What's the difference between a chickpea and a garbanzo bean?

A:
Donald Trump has never had a garbanzo bean on his face.

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