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The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever

“She Definitely Gets Her Steps In”: Our Take on Seeing “Melania”

The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever

iHeartPodcasts

Relationships, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.33.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Despite the commercial success and glowing audience reviews of “Melania”, nearly every single film critic eviscerated the movie with one bad headline after the next. Amy and T.J. were fascinated by the huge gap in reactions to the documentary, so they just had to go see it for themselves….

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.0

Hey there, folks.

0:07.7

We just saw the movie that so many people were talking about.

0:13.7

Melania.

0:15.0

This is our very carefully worded review.

0:24.6

And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J.

0:30.9

Robes, I say everybody was talking about it, the president, the big premiere they had at the Kennedy Center and all that.

0:39.9

And then it wasn't expected to do well. And let's give it its due. It performed beyond expectations, made a little lower $7 million opening weekend.

0:44.0

That's a big deal for a documentary. It's a huge deal for a documentary, even one with the hefty price tag that this one had. But yeah, they were expecting between three and five million at best.

0:49.3

And it was north of seven million, correct? There were some estimates to say closer to eight million.

0:53.8

So that is a wild success for... was north of seven million, correct? There were some estimates to say closer to eight million. So

0:54.2

that is a wild success for a documentary. Yeah, put that in right context. You hear that

1:01.2

$7 million if it was an Avengers movie. That's a total bust. This is gangbusters and one of the

1:07.5

best documentaries we've seen perform in a decade at the box office. So that,

1:11.9

let's give it, it's due. Now, the other part of it is that, and Robs, you have it up right now,

1:17.4

what's the current? Okay, so the, it has been just skewered by the critics out there,

1:23.5

and the Rodden Tomato scores are hilarious. Yes, so the critics score is 5%. That's about as

1:31.5

low as I've ever seen. And the popcorn meter, which is the audience verified reviews or ratings,

1:38.7

are at 99%. That's what I'd say. It's hilarious. And it makes perfect sense. You go, okay, why is this possible?

1:46.3

I don't see that kind of, we see discrepancies sometimes the critics are at 45 and the audiences

1:52.8

at 70. Stuff like that can happen. This doesn't happen. And it makes sense when you think about it.

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