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Melania Trump documentary receives lukewarm response on streaming

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Melania Trump documentary receives lukewarm response on streaming
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Melania Trump documentary receives lukewarm response on streaming
"Melania" surpassed box-office expectations in theaters. The Melania Trump documentary has received a cooler response streaming on Amazon.

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Nerdlinger 3 days ago +332
Lukewarm? So it performed better than expected.
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Luvsyr24 3 days ago +45
Way better if it got lukewarm.
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_AskMyMom_ 2 days ago +44
Pisswarm is more accurate.
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AnonymousBanana405 2 days ago +5
Pisswarm, like when she let her clients piss on her for money.
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Faithlessfaltering 2 days ago +1
Body temperature
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monkeybawz 2 days ago +5
Yeah, but they paid for "critically acclaimed."
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LeiraLaw 2 days ago +6
I think, for some viewers, it may be like witnessing a wreck, you don’t WANT to look, but it’s there in front of you so you can’t help but take a peek
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ElectrOPurist 2 days ago +5
Bots love it. Four antennas up!
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copyrider 2 days ago +3
Many very smart people use “lukewarm” as the term for “greatest of all time”
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exqueezemenow 2 days ago +1
Well, Luke died in the end...
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SnoopingStuff 2 days ago +1
Book sales on audible for Entitled will exceed that
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Myheelcat 1 day ago +1
Right above the “How to get rid of an ingrown toe nail” video
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metallee98 3 days ago +122
Gotcha.... a few dozen people clicked on it by accident.
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Packwood88 2 days ago +53
I had to click into it just to select “not interested” so it would stop being a banner ad every time i opened prime.
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Squishy_Boy 2 days ago +24
My partner and I laughed out loud when Netflix tried to tell us it was the #1 movie on the platform.
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The_Incredulous_Hulk 2 days ago +3
I never saw it get up past 5, but I still opened it just to dislike it.
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Legitimate-Front3987 2 days ago +17
They put a giant banner for it on Android TV. Definitely had a lot of people mis-click it.
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Worst_Choice 2 days ago +3
I walked in and found out it started to autoplay before I turned it off. Wasn’t happy about that.
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MadTube 2 days ago +3
Autoplay, probably
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ohdearitsrichardiii 2 days ago +1
Some probably skimmed it to have material for jokes about her, and/or snarking on the internet
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Villageijit 2 days ago +1
They did force people in the military to watch it
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legomaximumfigure 3 days ago +79
It's common for Amazon and other streaming to have movies come on automatically after one movie ends. Someone leaves the TV on for their pets while they are out so Melania gets some views even if they aren't from humans.
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[deleted] 2 days ago +30
bit of a mind blown moment for me. how many of these metrics are complete bs for this very reason? Who hasn't fallen asleep watching an 80s comedy and woke up 8 hours later to an episode of Unsolved Mysteries? Taking into account all streaming traffic, it's happening constantly, everywhere.
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grahamulax 2 days ago +6
It’s all vibes. Economy, stocks, and now stats from institutions we believed in. Thanks to the transparency of Trump f****** up
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SuperbRhubarb7838 2 days ago +3
I just fall asleep to Unsolved Mysteries
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555byte 2 days ago +1
I used to watch it on Pluto for that very reason
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lykathea2 2 days ago +1
I do too sometimes. I wonder if Unsolved Mysteries has huge streaming numbers for that reason.
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SoTiredYouDig 2 days ago +4
Sounds like a bit of an unsolved mystery.
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MazzIsNoMore 2 days ago +2
This is exactly what "second screen" is all about. They are fine with you not actually watching what's playing as long as you maybe might catch an ad
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mercurywaxing 2 days ago +7
It was up next after I half payed attention to a good but repetitive documentary about The Villages while doing my taxes. I had to finalize and when my attention came back it was 10-15 minutes into Melania and I became a viewer even though I turned it off. Didn’t realize I had autoplay enabled since I always shut it off after I watched a movie or episode.
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CoverSuspicious5250 2 days ago +1
Did you quick run take a shower when u realized?
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mercurywaxing 2 days ago +1
Sanitized the television, Gove'nor. That I did right quickly too!
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Saelvinoth 2 days ago +7
Melania getting left on for pets is practically animal abuse
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HesitationIsDefeat87 2 days ago +2
This is exactly what happened to me but I was lucky enough to still be awake to put a stop to it
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HesitationIsDefeat87 2 days ago +27
Prime tried to put it on automatically at the end of a movie i was watching. I've never canceled that feature so fast.
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Amatheiaisnoexcuse 2 days ago +3
I noticed the same thing.
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Darkdragoon324 2 days ago +15
Lukewarm? Overselling it much?
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Alarmed_Drop7162 2 days ago +13
Was yesterday her promoting the streaming premiere ?
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NarlusSpecter 2 days ago +9
I think she's promoting some scandal that's about to hit the news.
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Alarmed_Drop7162 2 days ago +8
This one looks like a ripe candidate https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/389940-i-wolff-v-trump-i-and-the-preemptive-anti-slapp-gambit-a-tale-of-two-statutes
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NarlusSpecter 2 days ago +3
That SLAPPs
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19GTO67 2 days ago +9
I can’t wait for awards season next year when Melanie wins all the Oscar’s because the Pumpkin King threatened to kill the entire entertainment industry
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Threadheads 1 day ago +1
She’s definitely going to sweep the Razzies.
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8rnlsunshine 2 days ago +10
I actually enjoy watching the worst movies and shows just to see how bad they can get. Been doing it for years. It’s kind of a personal test at this point. But this one? I couldn’t even finish it. It’s so bad I wouldn’t sit through it again, even if someone paid me.
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Standardeviation2 2 days ago +1
Maybe if RiffTrax takes it on.
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PiskoWK 2 days ago +8
lmao, why did they bother releasing it at all
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Useful-Soup8161 2 days ago +4
Money. Although they actually lost money on it.
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stimulatedbymaple 2 days ago +6
Melania didn't and that was the whole point
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Xanthu 2 days ago +1
They already paid for it
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igloomaster 2 days ago +8
Amazon is definitely padding the numbers
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imjustsurfin 2 days ago +7
"Lukewarm" in the same way that Neptune is a bit chilly.
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malac0da13 2 days ago +2
And a little breezy.
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Nikiaf 2 days ago +6
I would genuinely like to know how many of the streams were just autoplays that people didn't notice.
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Razzler1973 2 days ago +7
I watched about 25 minutes and turned it off I never listen to much 'OMG so bad' cause, as a non American, I consider the politics involved But, damn it was shit Opening 7 or 8 minutes is a procession of cars and she gets out as camera pans from legs upwards She selects a dress This is boring as hell. Get into the upbringing and early life and meeting Trump and so on This just isn't that at all. I don't even know what it's supposed to be or who it's for. Feels like they shot a nice home video for her to watch on a rainy night
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CoverSuspicious5250 2 days ago +6
It was a $40 million bribe from Jeff Besos to trumpstein.  Literally 
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AsideLost 2 days ago +6
Heard they were just waiting for Stephen Millers documentary “My Struggle” to come out
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Ok-Journalist-2060 2 days ago +5
I was halfway through Borat when I realized I was watching the wrong movie.
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No_Development_9537 2 days ago +5
They’re going to push it to our iPhones like that one U2 album.
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GreatMacGuffin 2 days ago +6
The first day it popped up on prime, I clicked for it to not be suggested again.
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mpbaker12 2 days ago +6
F*** that. Who would watch that?
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Any-Reputation3639 2 days ago +5
They should release it on VHS.
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Threadheads 1 day ago +1
They should release it into space.
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nasnedigonyat 2 days ago +4
Where is it streaming so I can give it a thumbs down and say I'm not interested in it
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Threadheads 1 day ago +1
Amazon. This whole thing was a bribe from Bezos to the Trumps.
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PlayOpposite5249 2 days ago +5
Amazon prime told me it was the #2 movie in America. 🤣🤣
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astroglitch0 2 days ago +5
That's funny, Amazon told me it was #1 about an hour after it showed up.
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Miserable-Estate6857 2 days ago +4
I left the tv on prime and it automatically started playing after another movie. I wonder if this is a common occurrence or if I was being punished. I stopped it and gave her the thumbs down after I noticed.
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GingerlyUnraveling 2 days ago +3
There's a documentary? ^^/s
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Critical_Letterhead3 2 days ago +3
Half are magas, half looking for a comedy
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CovidBorn 2 days ago +3
How many watches were hate watches?
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Threadheads 1 day ago +1
From the sounds of it this movie was way too boring even for a good hate watch.
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Unicornchick1977 2 days ago +3
I’m not gonna bother to watch it, but I would like to watch the one about Michelle Obama that’s on Netflix. I keep forgetting to watch that one.
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Blah_A_Name 2 days ago +3
Maga dont know how to download an app, create an account & pay for it
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SkyTrees5809 2 days ago +3
I just watched it out of curiosity. This documentary is what she wants people to believe about her, rich and important, with a lifestyle that has the best of everything, and every moment is a glam fashion shoot. She said she travels "between NYC, WA DC, and Mar-A-Lago", and it takes 4-6 blacked out SUVs and a private jet to take her anywhere. It just looks like a shallow, vapid, greedy lifestyle. Several minutes were spent on her attendance at President Carter's funeral, which was on the same day her mother had died the previous year. That's all she talked about, her mother, and not a word about the former president. Then she was filmed at an empty St Patrick's Cathedral, with the Catholic priests fawning all over her, walking down the aisle of the empty church to remember her mother. This was over the top. Interestingly, I saw her female Secret Service Agent in a short elevator scene at 14:35, and I wonder if she is the fake Melania that we often see? With a wig, sunglasses and heels, she easily could be. I do think she is gorgeous, dresses well, and the photography and soundtrack were both enjoyable. But this documentary does not do a single thing to make me respect or like her, it does the opposite. In hindsight it will not reflect well in the Trumps when their era is over, hopefully soon.
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wrxninja 2 days ago +3
Why? It was just a dumb movie made to mask money laundering.
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melgish 2 days ago +3
I could not wait to miss this movie.
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LoudNoises89 2 days ago +3
If you don’t want to watch her documentary you can watch the biographical film they made about her, Russian Psycho.
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Captain_Aceveda 2 days ago +3
Why did she need a documentary in the first place?
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YeahIGotNuthin 2 days ago +3
Why did melanoma need a documentary? Because Amazon needed a way to justify giving her $28 million to improve their chances of getting a merger through without interference from the federal government.
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Substantial_Court792 1 day ago +3
Lukewarm response? That is only because Bezos manipulated the numbers. I would say it tanked.
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ddgenayla1 1 day ago +3
Who watching that c*** anyway...rather watch the some reruns on tv
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LomentMomentum 2 days ago +2
So *that’s* why she decided to upended her husband’s no-talk-about-he-who-shall-be-no-longer-named.
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EdieVv 2 days ago +2
"Lukewarm response" is much too generous.
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OneSeaworthiness7768 2 days ago +2
I urge people not to even hate-watch this garbage.
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promixr 2 days ago +2
I have no direct evidence of this - but I’d be willing to bet anyone who has streamed this was curious to see how bad it was- and to make fun of it …
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Exotic_Course_2597 2 days ago +2
"I really don't care, do you?"
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CoverSuspicious5250 2 days ago +2
Lukewarm.  Does that now mean frozen?
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vroart 2 days ago +2
There’s still awards seasons
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Legitimate-Jelly3000 2 days ago +2
If she confessed to her relationship with maxwell and epsiten perhaps it would get more views
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KeyVehicle4500 2 days ago +2
**Yes, the 2026 documentary** ***Melania*** **(full title often given as** ***Melania: Twenty Days to History*****) is widely considered a box office flop.** It was a Brett Ratner-directed film chronicling Melania Trump's life in the roughly 20 days leading up to Donald Trump's second inauguration in January 2025. Amazon MGM Studios acquired the rights for about **$40 million** and spent another **\~$35 million** on marketing, for a total cost in the **$75 million** range. # Box Office Performance * **Domestic (US & Canada)**: \~$16.3–16.4 million * **International**: Very low, around $0.2–0.3 million (e.g., poor showings in the UK; pulled from theaters in South Africa before release) * **Worldwide total**: \~$16.5–16.7 million
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EchoRock_9053 2 days ago +1
I’ve seen all the Sharknados and even I didn’t bother
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Coolbluegatoradeyumm 2 days ago +1
I laughed out loud when I saw this and couldn’t scroll faster
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Eccohawk 2 days ago +1
Shocked. I'm shocked. Well not that shocked.
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Flimsy-Sprinkles7331 2 days ago +1
Better things to do with my time...like cleaning out the lint from my navel. 
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malac0da13 2 days ago +1
Luke warm??? But they sold so many tickets!!!
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HeatWaveToTheCrowd 2 days ago +1
I'd rather watch a colonoscopy live. Or Dude, Where's My Car on repeat.
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naitch44 1 day ago +1
I’d rather do colonoscopy prep again than watch this.
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Ragnarawr 2 days ago +1
Does the documentary cover how she got sold to Trump, or is it one of those bullshit documentaries to whitewash history?
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pre_pun 2 days ago +1
any warmth was probably vasodilation from that evening's drinks
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BugsyMcNug 2 days ago +1
I remember Amazon said it was trending number one and I thought "this is probably a lie"
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Famous-Song1233 2 days ago +1
That means people are comfortable watching at home, so that they won’t be embarrassed in public. Kinda like you say you hate that song, but be at home dancing in the mirror when it comes on.
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Middleof613290 2 days ago +1
I watched it. It’s super hilarious. It’s odd in a way that is magical.
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Additional_Cap72 2 days ago +1
First Lady’s documentary receives lukewarm streaming like her Husband’s diaper…
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One-Abbreviations339 2 days ago +1
I didn’t catch it?
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Great_Apez 2 days ago +1
lol nobody cares about her almost as much as they hate him 😆 delusional 
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aligera1 2 days ago +1
Me imagino a todos los funcionarios viendo el documental por mandato oficial
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SeanOTG 2 days ago +1
I fell asleep watching Amazon prime video and I woke up and this shit was already like a third of the way through, I stopped the video and turned off the TV. Then I was pissed off thinking Amazon's intentionally queuing this trash on autoplay and they're going to be like oh people are watching it lol
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exqueezemenow 2 days ago +1
It got a response???
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exile29 2 days ago +1
Was watching something on Prime Video. Fell asleep. Woke up during the first minutes of that turd of a movie. I guess auto play is how most of the "views" happen.
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billybud77 2 days ago +1
MAGA men account for its ratings. They watched it, thinking it was going to be p**********.
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lennyob1 2 days ago +1
I don't really care. Do you?
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Double_Priority_2702 2 days ago +1
Not sure how this would work but would be great Karma if the gay/drag queen demo would attach to this and make it a thing (mockery /satire based ) .
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piirtoeri 2 days ago +1
I watched 25 minutes out of gross abject curiosity. I'll never get that back and should have kept reading Lord Of The Flies.
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kaminop 2 days ago +2
> kept reading Lord Of The Flies. They’re also making a new movie about that.
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piirtoeri 1 day ago +2
Yeah it's aired in Britain already last month and will be on Netflix I guess. Which is a pleasant surprise because I was unaware of this fact when I started last week. I have like 30 pages left.
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obwanabe 1 day ago +1
The US dropped the biggest bomb ever, made in America, on Iran. They dropped a case of DVDs of the Melania move.
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GimpyGeek 1 day ago +1
Same amount as it did in theaters even though they astroturfed the rotten tomatoes reviews it's honestly shocking to me that they've put zero effort into moderating the obvious bot accounts off too. In varying forms of media I've seen the critics and the consumer reviews differ wildly once in a while but you can't sit there and tell me the "viewers" on there aren't bots, and continuing to allow Melania's fake reviews diminishes the reputation for a review site that they are if you ask me.
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