'Melania' promises to take us behind the scenes. There's nothing to see(washingtonpost.com)
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'Melania' promises to take us behind the scenes. There's nothing to see
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/01/31/melania-trump-documentary/
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The audience says: 99% Popcornmeter - 500+ Verified Ratings
The critics say: 10% Tomatometer - 20 Reviews
be careful who you listen to
The critics say: 10% Tomatometer - 20 Reviews
be careful who you listen to
The audience actually says: 28% Popcornmeter - 5000+ All Audience
Indeed, be really careful
Indeed, be really careful
weird, because this page says 10% / 99%
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/melania
which one are you reading ?
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/melania
which one are you reading ?
I’m reading the same page as you are.
Click on the 99% and a popup opens where you can select between All Audience and „Verified“ Audience.
Click on the 99% and a popup opens where you can select between All Audience and „Verified“ Audience.
I would have though verified audience was the more reliable indicator.
Ermmmm… How exactly is Rotten Tomatoes gonna verify audiences in e.g. France or Germany or Australia???
The so called „verification“ counts only US users who purchased tickets through the US Fandango app and nobody else, no?
The so called „verification“ counts only US users who purchased tickets through the US Fandango app and nobody else, no?
I don't think Melania the documentary is going to be that popular in France, Germany or Australia, do you?
Goalposts successfully moved. Good work.
You can't claim it's 99% audience approved, then say "[only the American] audience [who purchased tickets via Fandango]". If you include the full audience, it has a 28% approval with 5000+ ratings, like the replier indicated.
You can't claim it's 99% audience approved, then say "[only the American] audience [who purchased tickets via Fandango]". If you include the full audience, it has a 28% approval with 5000+ ratings, like the replier indicated.
I'm not making any claims, I am reporting what Rotten Tomatoes says
Your claim is "I would have though[t] verified audience was the more reliable indicator."
That claim is incorrect because it takes in to account only one very small segment of the people who saw the movie (only US, Fandango-based, in-theater viewings are counted). That is not indicative of the wider audience feedback.
You also point out the discrepancy between professional reviewers and audience score ("The audience says: 99% Popcornmeter - 500+ Verified Ratings -The critics say: 10% Tomatometer - 20 Reviews - be careful who you listen to") as a reason for Rotten Tomatoes being untrustworthy, but the Tomatometer and the Popcorn Meter (all audience, not just verified) are close together (10% vs 28%).
Just curious, do you believe this movie to be good? Have you seen it? Or is this just a kneejerk reaction to defend an awful movie where more than 50% of the budget went directly the person the documentary is about?
That claim is incorrect because it takes in to account only one very small segment of the people who saw the movie (only US, Fandango-based, in-theater viewings are counted). That is not indicative of the wider audience feedback.
You also point out the discrepancy between professional reviewers and audience score ("The audience says: 99% Popcornmeter - 500+ Verified Ratings -The critics say: 10% Tomatometer - 20 Reviews - be careful who you listen to") as a reason for Rotten Tomatoes being untrustworthy, but the Tomatometer and the Popcorn Meter (all audience, not just verified) are close together (10% vs 28%).
Just curious, do you believe this movie to be good? Have you seen it? Or is this just a kneejerk reaction to defend an awful movie where more than 50% of the budget went directly the person the documentary is about?
I haven't seen it, nor have any desire to.
but as much as you despise the people who do because you think you are superior in some way
> Melania film earns $7m in US, strongest documentary debut in over a decade
but as much as you despise the people who do because you think you are superior in some way
> Melania film earns $7m in US, strongest documentary debut in over a decade
You may not have seen it, but are you familiar with the financials of it?
I don't care about the quality of the movie or feeling superior to the viewers who enjoy it. I hate the openly corrupt bribery via the pay she received for this documentary. She received 28 MILLION dollars out of the 40 MILLION dollars paid for the rights to produce this movie. Amazon is effectively purchasing favors from the Trump admin via this movie. That is unacceptable.
I don't care about the quality of the movie or feeling superior to the viewers who enjoy it. I hate the openly corrupt bribery via the pay she received for this documentary. She received 28 MILLION dollars out of the 40 MILLION dollars paid for the rights to produce this movie. Amazon is effectively purchasing favors from the Trump admin via this movie. That is unacceptable.
Brett has the dubious claim to fame that two of his friends have killed themselves in jail while awaiting sentencing for child rape and child sex trafficking.
Apparently famous film director and child rapist Roman Polanski is his mentor and hero.
After Polanski fled the US to avoid arrest for the anal rape of a child, Brett had him do a cameo in one of his comedy films in which he painfully cavity searches the heroes.
What a strange and disappointing world we live in.