The Melania conundrum: 99% audience rating and a critical bloodbath
Melania's US box office dropped 67% in its second weekend
Rotten Tomatoes has been forced to issue a statement defending the gulf between the 8% critics rating the Melania documentary has received and the 99% audience review aggregate on its platform, leading many to question if the results for the latter had been manipulated.
The film review site issued a statement denying the vote for Melania — which charts the First Lady’s life during the three weeks before Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration — had been hijacked.
“There has been NO manipulation on the audience reviews for the Melania documentary,” Rotten Tomatoes said.
“Reviews displayed on the Popcornmeter are VERIFIED reviews, meaning it has been verified that users have bought a ticket to the film through Fandango.”
