Make a shocked face! Trump fans eagerly turned out and loved the new Melania documentary – and the very liberal movie-critic mob couldn't stand it. Melania has a 6% on Rotten Tomatoes, meaning only 6% of critics liked the film. It also has a 6 out of 100 score on Metacritic, but that summarizes the entire content of movie reviews, not just a worth-watching verdict.
The liberal media have been actively disparaging the movie before it even came out, trying to predict it would bomb. It has not! Early projections are that it will make $8.1 million at the box office in its opening weekend, much more than the first estimates of $3-5 million.
The New York Times was surely sore to admit that this number suggested “the best start for a documentary (excluding concert films) in 14 years.” It would come in #3 in box office for the weekend, more than the new Jason Statham action flick, Shelter.
The Hollywood Reporter sounded crestfallen: "No one saw that coming, with many suggesting Melania was a bomb before it even opened based on empty, or nearly empty, seat maps in cinemas across the country." That was wishful thinking, based on the expected turnout in Democrat cities.
It shouldn't be surprising, but The Hollywood Reporter discovered the film is “galvanizing conservatives” in the south, “specifically older females over the age of 55, who made up 72 percent of the opening-day audience.” It added a “stunning 78 percent” of all ticket buyers were 55 and older.
Deadline.com underlined the reaction. “The exit scores are quite royal with an A CinemaScore, 5 stars on Screen Engine/Comscore’s PostTrak, and get this — an 89% definite recommend; unheard for any movie. If a movie is in the 70 percentile range, that’s outstanding.”
They added: “it’s interesting to see whether this documentary can overperform even more than it already is, especially off its older crowd. The turnout here for the Brett Ratner-directed nonfiction film is akin to that of a faith-based movie.”
This isn’t a religious movie, but the audience effect is the same – an audience with much different “Flyover Country” tastes than cynical secular leftist elites in Hollywood and New York.
Critics like Xan Brooks of the socialist newspaper The Guardian could only pout: “Two hours of Melania feels like pure, endless hell." Hollywood In Toto found one angry movie critic gave a negative review while admitting he would never watch it!
