Unbeknownst to most people, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stars in a just-released documentary about climate change.
Filmed over four years, the documentary, “To the End,” basically follows Ocasio-Cortez and three other activists — Varshini Prakash, Rhiana Gunn-Wright, and Alexandra Rojas — as they attempt to push radical climate change legislation.
“From street protests to the halls of Congress, these bold leaders fight to shift the narrative around climate, revealing the crisis as an opportunity to build a better society,” the movie’s description reads.
“Including up-to-the-minute footage that culminates in 2022’s landmark climate bill, To the End lifts the veil on the battle for the future of our world, and gives audiences a front seat view of history in the making,” it continues.
Get your popcorn ready because #ToTheEndFilm is in theaters NOW! From Puerto Rico to La Jolla, our film is now showing at 120+ theaters nationwide. Find a theater near you! https://t.co/xjulb9Qric pic.twitter.com/vpdQcDRHGe
— To The End (@totheendfilm) December 9, 2022
There’s just one problem: Nobody cares.
Or, rather, very few people care.
“The documentary debuted on more than 120 screens over the weekend but garnered less than $10,000 dollars across all theaters, coming in 33rd place overall at the box office,” Fox News reported Tuesday.
That comes down to earnings of roughly $80 per theater.
Critics like Fox News host Jeanine Pirro aren’t surprised.
“Maybe it’s because it’s so cringe-worthy,” she said Tuesday on Fox News’s “The Five,” speculating over why the movie bombed.
Fellow “The Five” co-host Greg Gutfeld appeared to concur.
“Who would go see a movie that’s the opposite of entertaining? There’s nothing entertaining about that. … But it does show you how great it is to be a progressive in a liberal, biased culture. She really doesn’t do her job, right? She makes movies, she goes to galas. She sits for glossy, butt-kissing interviews in GQ and other women’s mags,” he said.
Listen:
It seems Gutfeld had a point. While very few actual Americans went to see “To the End” this weekend, it received rave reviews from Ocasio-Cortez’s adoring groupies in the media.
As of Wednesday morning, the film enjoyed an 83 percent “Tomatometer” rating on Rotten Tomatoes thanks to glowing reviews from The New York Times, The Wrap, the Los Angeles Times, Variety magazine, and others.
“Representative Ocasio-Cortez offers the best onscreen antidote to despair — she’s funny, a canny political strategy,” The New York Times review reads.
“When ‘To the End’ centers its subjects… they shine and inspire, even at their most challenged,” the Los Angeles Times review likewise reads.
Meanwhile, all the regular audience reviews were one star.
“I thought it was a good concept of a movie. But there were many cringe points during the movie. And many of the actors remind me of ’90s valley girls. I did see some good points but the cringiness of the movie made it hard to watch,” one review, from someone who supported the general idea of the film, reads.
“This was the worst newsfest movie/documentary I’ve ever seen. It’s so unintelligent from start to finish. It literally put me to sleep 4 to 5 times. I like to give people a chance before I could take anything and I must say this was the absolute worst film I’ve ever seen,” another critical regular audience review reads.
This contrast epitomizes the dichotomy between how the media view Ocasio-Cortez and her ilk, and how everyday Americans view her.
While the media see her as an inspirational figure doing yeoman’s work to save Earth from allegedly guaranteed climate change doom, most in the public appear to see her as a narcissistic simpleton who’s been blinded by ideology.
A perfect example of her simplicity was seen in her “Green New Deal,” which included instructions to stop cows from farting methane into the atmosphere.
‘How is the document real?’ Details of AOC’s ‘Green New Deal’ are so patently absurd, ‘it’s actually scary’ https://t.co/ltVFxoAdMv pic.twitter.com/i5yMk3Tk3N
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) February 7, 2019
She wound up having to be fact-checked by her own political side.
“Frank Mitloehner, an animal scientist and air quality specialist at the University of California, Davis, insists cattle flatulence isn’t the problem it’s made out to be, and says he helped set the record straight,” The Counter, a left-wing news site, reported at the time.
Conservatives are, for their part, enjoying laughing about Ocasio-Cortez’s failure at the box office just like they laughed about her “Green New Deal.”
Look:
I’m laughing heartily because the new @AOC film on climate change “To the End” got rave reviews from the usual robotic left-wing claque but still generated a miserable $80 per theater. Over multiple days with multiple showings she sold around 8 tickets per theater. Major bomb! pic.twitter.com/zpDWi1pfVj
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) December 13, 2022
Running a theater is very expensive. The cost of electricity, plus payroll, plus wasted snacks that went uneaten, plus the costs of masks to hide the faces of embarrassed employees who didn’t want to be associated with the film has to be a major loss for the day. Wow!
— Steve Wightman (@stevewightman1) December 14, 2022
Plot twist: Those 8 tickets per theater were conservatives who wanted to see the comedy film of the year!!!
— Lauren (@SpeakthetruthUS) December 13, 2022
Curious how many ticket buyers were able to make it ‘to the end’ of the film.
— Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (@Lagartija_Nix) December 14, 2022
I’m sure many of them just wanted an empty place to make out
— Studio Silvernale (@LadySilvernale) December 14, 2022
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