{"id":278357,"date":"2026-02-03T10:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/278357\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:38:10","slug":"the-indo-daily-melania-the-movie-we-saw-it-so-you-dont-have-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/278357\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indo Daily: Melania: The Movie \u2013 We saw it, so you don\u2019t have to&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8278f7c6-33a2-42e9-9217-9df504c106b6.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Did you go and see the Melania Trump documentary over the weekend?<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Probably not, based on the eyebrow-raising box-office returns, not to mention the shooting gallery of scathing reviews.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It also may not be the best time to release what essentially amounts to a propaganda exercise for Melania Trump, given the many headlines her husband made in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Nonetheless, the Melania movie is available now for your viewing pleasure, though likely for a limited time only.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Amazon stumped up a total of $75m to secure the film following a bidding war, with the US first lady reported to have pocketed quite a sizeable amount of that fee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">So, why invest in such a precarious project to begin with?<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">And why is its director, Brett Ratner, such a controversial figure in his own right?<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">On this episode of The Indo Daily, host Fionn\u00e1n Sheahan is joined by pop-culture critic and podcast producer Dave Hanratty to unpack the behind-the-scenes drama of it all, and to pop along to a sparse screening and provide their own fair and balanced review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Did you go and see the Melania Trump documentary over the weekend? 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