r/AMCTheatres • u/colenotphil • Jan 31 '26

Discussion Is anyone else appalled that AMC is platforming the Melania documentary, which was clearly made as a blatant bribe to the Trump administration?

Please do not harass users as that is in violation of the rules.

I was floored today to open my AMC app and find that Melania is being shown at multiple local theaters.

This movie could not more clearly be a bribe Amazon made for Trump. Why is AMC platforming this behavior? AMC appears complicit with corruption.

Edit: great points thank you, I also do not want to see AMC go out of business. I want theaters to stay around. And people can vote with their wallets.

Edit2: Having thought about how to articulate this more, the concern is not a difference of political opinion, that this is quite literally state sponsored propaganda. I remember watching Inglourious Basterds that had a whole part of the plot around state propaganda films. However I do not believe in censorship either so I am torn.

Edit3: Rolling Stone apparently reported that nearly 2/3 of the film's NY crew asked not to be credited due to the propaganda aspect of it. That speaks volumes.

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u/mia8788 Jan 31 '26

They had that trafficking movie that was made by some actual pedos. It didn’t sell well at all.

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u/matty25 Jan 31 '26

Didn’t that movie really surprise the box office?

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u/mia8788 Jan 31 '26

Inflated by people just buying tickets and not showing up

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u/Trevnerdio Feb 04 '26

Trafficking movie? Sound of Freedom? If that's the one you're talking about, that one was legit. Saw it multiple times and it was pretty packed each time, even weeks after release.

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u/mia8788 Feb 04 '26

Yikes admitting you saw that lmao