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The Apprentice
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- 2024
- Ali Abbasi
- 122 mins
- 15
Summary
Biographical drama starring Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong. In the early 1970s, Donald Trump works for his father's New York real-estate firm. Ambitious but embroiled in legal trouble, Donald meets notorious lawyer Roy Cohn, and the two strike up a friendship. Over the next several years, Cohn's bullish mentorship proves instrumental to the young Trump's growing power as a property magnate.
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A star rating of 3 out of 5.
Max Copeman
The formative years of Donald Trump are scathingly chronicled in this drama from Iranian-Danish film-maker Ali Abbasi, which is less a conventional biopic than a villain origin story. Sebastian Stan plays the young "Donny", a socially awkward tabloid celebrity desperate to prove himself to his father Fred (Martin Donovan). He sets out to become a real-estate mogul and makes a Faustian deal with infamous attorney Roy Cohn (Succession star Jeremy Strong). As Trump's ego and property empire grow thanks to the skill set gleaned from this devious and domineering adopted godfather, the man who became US President takes shape. In a role vulnerable to sketch-show caricature, Stan impressively pinpoints details of Trump's body language and speech patterns, while Abbasi directs with flare as he matches the film's aesthetics to the eras traversed. In the end, though, the intensity of Strong's supporting performance is more compelling than anything else, leaving viewers wondering if the film's focus would be better placed on Cohn.
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Cast
rolenameDonald TrumpSebastian StanRoy CohnJeremy StrongFred TrumpMartin DonovanIvana TrumpMaria BakalovaMary Anne TrumpCatherine McNallyFreddy TrumpCharlie CarrickRussell EldridgeBen Sullivan
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rolenameDirectorAli Abbasi
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Theatrical distributor
StudioCanal
Released on
2024-10-18
Languages
English | Hebrew
Guidance
Swearing, sex scenes, drug abuse
Formats
Colour
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