Newspaper Issues Correction to Give 'Melania' an Even Worse Review

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Newspaper Issues Correction to Give ‘Melania’ an Even Worse Review

Ewan Palmer Reporter

Updated Feb. 3 2026 11:53AM EST
Published Feb. 3 2026 11:21AM EST

The Guardian has issued an embarrassing correction to inform readers that the score it gave for the Melania documentary was even lower than originally reported.

The left-leaning British outlet had initially awarded the $75 million film about the first lady an already dire one star out of five.

However, in a February 2 correction posted on its website, The Guardian said the one-star rating was printed due to a “formatting issue,” when reviewer Xan Brooks had in fact intended to give the film a grand total of zero stars.

The correction means the film—which follows President Donald Trump’s wife during the 20 days leading up to his inauguration last January—is just the 19th to receive a zero-star review in The Guardian’s more than 200-year history. The most recent to earn the brutal assessment was Kim Kardashian’s widely panned legal drama All’s Fair.

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