Review Movie Reviews 'Melania' is Amazon's airbrushed and astronomically pricey portrait of the First Lady January 30, 20269:20 PM ET Bob Mondello Melania Trump. Muse FilmsAmazon MGM Studios hide caption toggle caption Muse FilmsAmazon MGM Studios If you've seen the trailer for The Devil Wears Prada 2 prominently featuring shots of stiletto heels walking down corridors you've got the general drift of what director Brett Ratner is up to in Melania. Melania is a high heels-forward documentary. It covers the 20 days prior to her husband's second inauguration, when much planning is required of a First Lady: Ball and banquet invitations, place-settings for a candle-lit dinner in Washington D.C.'s National Building Museum. Her staff previews for her the golden egg that will be that meal's first course, and wonders whether the rectangular tablecloths should have broad gold stripes, and the round ones narrow stripes, or vice versa. So many decisions, and she's on top of all of them. The once-and-future President makes an occasional appearance, including in what appears to be a staged flashback to an election-night phone call. At another point, she drops by with her camera crew as he's rehearsing his inaugural speech, and she suggests that he identify himself as a peacemaker "and a unifier." He incorporates it on the big day in the film to a big burst of applause, which inspires a quick nod to his wife in gratitude. That's not quite how it played out in real life; the applause and
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