Sarah Palin Documentary Premiere: Film Opens To Nearly Empty Audience

The weekend after the final installment of the Harry Potter films premiered, select theaters around the US debuted Sarah Palin's full length documentary 'The Undefeated' to a nearly empty audience, reports The Atlantic.

As the publication's Conor Friedersdorf found out, a viewing of the film in Orange County, CA included himself, two women (who lasted 20 minutes), and a brief visit from a couple with intentions not pertaining to Palin at all.

"Shortly before the end of the film, a young couple entered, walked to the back row, started making out, then interrupted their session and left (spoiler alert) as Andrew Breitbart, who made one of several guest appearances, started talking about eunuchs. Then I was alone again, working. Instead of researching civil liberties violations, or the war in Libya, or the contest to elect the next president of the United States, I was both a journalist and the only member of the public willfully paying attention to Sarah Palin, as if standing in for the pathologies of my profession."

An article from TIME magazine summarizes the failure succinctly.

"The Undefeated is proving an ironic title choice."

So far the film has received zero user reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

To make matters even worse for Palin, John Wilson, president and founder of the Razzie Awards, told the LA Times in an interview about his interest in the documentary.

"She's the political equivalent of what the Razzies are all about," he said. "And she's hysterically funny if you don't stop and think, 'Oh, my God, she could've been vice president!'"

Palin attempted to squash rumors of her family's discontent over the movie's shorcomings.

"The UK Daily Mail reports that I was 'in tears' as Todd 'rages over Hollywood stars ripping' me in the new film 'The Undefeated,'" she wrote on her Facebook. "Huh? Really?"

Sarah Palin Documentary Premiere: Film Opens To Nearly Empty Audience

Sarah Palin Film, 'The Undefeated,' Sits At 0 Percent Rating On Rotten Tomatoes


First Posted: 7/18/11 07:12 PM ET Updated: 7/19/11 09:02 AM ET


The results are (as good as) in, and the critics are snarling. Based off its first 10 reviews, the Sarah Palin documentary "The Undefeated" won't be budged from its 0 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Even "Gigli" could do better than that.

Another film that shares this honor is "Ballistic - Ecks vs. Sever" -- an action film starring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu -- with 108 reviews damning it to critical hell.

Based off Rotten Tomatoes' list of the worst films from the first 10 years of the decade, films that have come close to the coveted 0 percent rating include "Alone in the Dark," sitting at 1 percent, "Battlefield Earth" at 2 percent,"Twisted," also at 2 percent, and "Because I Said So," which snatched a whole 5 percent.

The more curious thing is, many of these badly reviewed films still got some love from their audiences -- "Because I Said So" gained a considerable 68 percent, "Twisted" got 40 percent and even "Ballistic - Ecks vs. Sever" got almost a quarter of its audience to back it. However, "The Undefeated" sits unmoved at 0 percent on that front as well, based off 732 user ratings. We'll let you know if anyone dares say something good about it.

Sarah Palin Film, 'The Undefeated,' Sits At 0 Percent Rating On Rotten Tomatoes