Like many of his Hollywood counterparts, actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner seemed to devote much of the past decade to demonizing President Donald Trump at every opportunity.
Months after he and his wife were murdered, allegedly by their son, Nick, his final performance was posthumously released — and it once again centered on a deep animosity toward the president.
According to Fox News:
A once vocal critic of the current administration, the late director’s surprise cameo in “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America,” was considered Reiner’s “last laugh” against President Donald Trump, director Jeff Schaffer told Variety.
“It’s coming out on Fourth of July weekend, and if it in any way spoils a sad octogenarian’s weekend, then oh well,” Schaffer told the outlet.
Social media users quickly criticized the posthumous cameo and its political framing nearly six months after Rob and wife Michele Reiner were found dead inside their Brentwood home.
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The perceived exploitation of the deceased entertainer to promote this anti-Trump series drew considerable social media criticism:
Could be the dumbest post Ive read today.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) July 4, 2026
How is that the last laugh? Reiner’s dead, murdered by his own son.
Jesus you people are fucking sick
— 7% NaCl (Salty) (@TwoRulesOfWar) July 4, 2026
Pretty sure Reiner would have preferred to be alive instead of getting the “last laugh” here. https://t.co/sFfuNd3hYx
— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) July 4, 2026
I watched the show nobody involved in that project is laughing. It is awful.
— Frank Fleming (@NjTank99) July 5, 2026
Even fans of David writing for mainstream media outlets like the Sunday Times couldn’t find much to praise about how the latest Trump-hating series kicks off:
Did you watch Larry David’s new historical comedy show? And did you stop doing so after the first two sketches? If so, I hear you. I might have bailed out too if I weren’t paid to sit through the lot.
David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, it hardly needs saying, is superb. But the opening parody sketch here, about the first draft of the Declaration of Independence and the petty annoyances that Robert R Livingston (David in period costume and wig) wanted to make illegal, is not. It is as weak as a butterfly’s fist bump. The second sketch, about Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone, was even worse. I was shocked.
It felt like they had swept up off the cutting room floor all the spare material that hadn’t made the grade for Curb and shoved it in Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America (HBO Max). The grievances that Livingston wanted to outlaw, such as sharing umbrellas, men stroking their beards, anyone saying, “Happy new year,” after January 7 and boring people with your dreams, felt like entries in one of Buzzfeed’s tamer “top irritations” lists.
If all that weren’t enough, here’s a teaser clip featuring Barack Obama:
What are your thoughts?
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