Melania

NOW IN THEATERS! Directed by Brett Ratner, Melania follows the soon-to-be-second-time First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, in the 20 days leading up to the presidential inauguration and the start of President Donald J. Trump’s second term. We find she’s not just there for the ride. She plays an integral part in the ceremony and, ironically, her husband’s presidency.

The documentary opens symbolically with a statement about the key role immigrants have played in this country’s history. Melania first enters her war room, filled with immigrants from around the world, and notes that, just as immigrants built this country, they also built her inaugural dress. Unlike typical lazy Americans, these immigrants focus on every detail, ensuring the perfect dress adorns the First Lady’s figure, and history shows it certainly did.

Melania Trump in a scene from Melania (2026). Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios.

“…days before the historic second term of President Donald J. Trump.”

Throughout Melania, Melania speaks in voice-over about the importance of her role as First Lady of the United States and the First Ladies who came before her. Though she embraces her roles as mother, wife, and caretaker of the White House, she’s also focused on causes she considers important, including her Be Best program, through which she discusses online bullying with the First Lady of France, Brigitte Macron. Her heart is also dedicated to peace and the urgency of ending the war in Gaza. She takes a moment before the inauguration to meet with a woman who was kidnapped along with her husband and held hostage. While she was freed, her husband remained behind. Melania promises her husband will return safely, and she intends to do everything she can to keep that promise.

Watching the documentary, I felt as if I were watching a Disney documentary, as the camera flows through the sophisticated golden tones of Trump Tower in New York, Mar-a-Lago in Florida, and, of course, the White House. It’s almost like a dream of a new Golden Era of America. It’s also hard not to be enraptured by the beauty of this former fashion model of Slovenia. Donald is one lucky guy. If anything, history buffs will fawn over this as we get a behind-the-scenes tour of Washington, D.C., during the transfer of power from Biden to Donald J. Trump. Now, I don’t know what your politics are or how passionate you feel about this administration, but this film is not about politics; it’s about the prestige and pageantry of the United States presidency.

From start to finish, Melania is about elegance, beauty, and patriotism. There’s so much attention paid to every minute detail that, in all honesty, this film is for chicks. I mean, come on — can’t someone open a can of beer and belch once in a while? In all seriousness, 50 years from now, the documentary will be received for what it is: a documentary about the presidency from the perspective of the First Lady and not the nasty notes in the comment section of this review. For what it’s worth, this is worth watching.