'Melania' Doc Lands Brutal 6% Score On Rotten Tomatoes: 'Pure, Endless Hell"

The first reviews for the exorbitant $75 million project are in, and critics didn't hold back.

The Melania Trump documentary has officially hit theaters after more than a year of curious anticipation, and while it remains to be seen if the $75 million film is a box office success, critics have panned “Melania” as “insipid propaganda” — and “pure, endless hell.”

The documentary, as of Saturday afternoon, had an abysmal 6% on Rotten Tomatoes, a worse aggregated critical score than that of universally maligned features such as “Cats” (2019) or the third installment in the “Fifty Shades of Grey” franchise.

“A documentary that never comes to life,” wrote Variety film critic Owen Gleiberman. “It’s a ‘portrait’ of the First Lady of the United States, but it’s so orchestrated and airbrushed and stage-managed that it barely rises to the level of a shameless infomercial.”

“Melania is a level of insipid propaganda that almost resists review,” wrote Kevin Fallon for The Daily Beast.

Xan Brooks wrote for The Guardian, “The fun’s not infectious and the guests are a nightmare, and two hours of Melania feels like pure, endless hell.” Brooks added that the documentary “plays like a gilded trash remake” of “The Zone of Interest,” a harrowing drama centered on Nazi Rudolf Höss.