The Melania Trump documentary has officially hit theaters after more than a year of curious anticipation, and while it remains to be seen if the $75 million film is a box office success, critics have panned “Melania” as “insipid propaganda” — and “pure, endless hell.”

“A documentary that never comes to life,” wrote Variety film critic Owen Gleiberman. “It’s a ‘portrait’ of the First Lady of the United States, but it’s so orchestrated and airbrushed and stage-managed that it barely rises to the level of a shameless infomercial.”

Xan Brooks wrote for The Guardian, “The fun’s not infectious and the guests are a nightmare, and two hours of Melania feels like pure, endless hell.” Brooks added that the documentary “plays like a gilded trash remake” of “The Zone of Interest,” a harrowing drama centered on Nazi Rudolf Höss.

Brooks also called the film a “dispiriting” look at “a button-eyed Cinderella” who “points at gold baubles and designer dresses, cunningly distracting us while her husband and his cronies prepare to dismantle the Constitution and asset-strip the federal government.”

“Melania” follows the first lady in the 20 days leading up to Donald Trump’s second inauguration following the 2024 presidential election. The reviews have not only panned the film for shoddy execution but also its murky origins.

The film’s total cost of $75 million has prompted speculation that it could be the most expensive documentary ever released in theaters. The Critic’s Robert Hutton touched on this in his review.

Donald and Melania Trump at Thursday's world premiere of her film in Washington, D.C.

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“This film all came together because even the richest have things to fear from the subject’s husband. The significance of Melania isn’t the contents of the film so much as the fact that it happened,” he wrote. “It’s not impossible that it might be evidence in an impeachment trial. And in any case, it is an important document in the decline of American public life.”

Trump himself praised it as “a very important movie” on Thursday at the Washington, D.C., premiere. When asked by a New York Times reporter about allegations of Bezos buying his goodwill, Trump called them “fake news.”

While the Rotten Tomatoes critics rating for “Melania” is grim, fan-submitted reviews were much higher Saturday afternoon, checking in at a whopping 98% — and included claims such as: “Melania is a wonderful human,” “It was a classical art” and “The film doesn’t try to perform or persuade.” Skeptics on social media have suggested the high number of positive fan reviews could be fake.

Box office analysts are currently divided on the film’s chances of financial success, with The Hollywood Reporter predicting a surprise $8 million opening but an analysis by WIRED reporting that “Melania” only sold out two showings on Friday across the entire country.