MELANIA (most expensively made documentary) - "Beneath the Stifling Boredom" - TNR - New Republic review

 Reviewer JOHN SEMLEY

Feb. 3, 2026 for The NEW REPUBLIC

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Rated "PG" for thematic elements;

144-minute length; in Color;

when it's not boring, it's

baffling. . .she attends the

state funeral of POTUS 39 and

launches into her own mother's

death one year before . . .

$40 million paid for Film's

production by AMAZON's Jeff Bezos

plus another $35 million for

promotion - publicity - 

premiere collectibles / souvenirs