The Apprentice (2024)
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A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.
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... Ivana Trump
... Mary Anne Trump
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I was really quite disappointed with this. It focusses on the rise of Donald Trump, and in that role Sebastian Stan proves quite effective at mimicking some of the famous mannerisms of the man himself. The facial expressions and the habit of repeating himself to thrust home his point are well captured by this performance. The rest of it, though, came across as little better than crude, occasionally violent, speculation centred around his relationship with the celebrated, and much feared, attorney Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong) whose thinly disguised homosexuality proves to be a more telling indictment of a New York that was beginning to come to terms with AIDS. Trump's rise from wealth to greater wealth and prosperity is skirted over too superficially with little meat put on the bones of his property acquisitions, developments and battles with an Ed Koch-led city hall, and it's all presented a bit too episodically weakly. Maria Bakalova acquits herself well enough as Ivana but as to the drama concerning the rest of his family, that's undercooked and I struggled to identify the accent(s) that seemed to be coming from his mother (Catherine McNally) as the importance of that torrid family unit struggles to impact on the story. For me, Strong steals his scenes and delivers well as the manipulative and scheming lawyer with few scruples, but the rest of this is all a bit of a soap that will probably polarise opinion as effectively as does Donald Trump himself.
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Writer:
Gabriel Sherman (Screenplay)
Release Date:
2024-10-09
Run Time:
122 min
MMPA Rating:
R
Reviews of
The Apprentice
I was really quite disappointed with this. It focusses on the rise of Donald Trump, and in that role Sebastian Stan proves quite effective at mimicking some of the famous mannerisms of the man himself. The facial expressions and the habit of repeating himself to thrust home his point are well captured by this performance. The rest of it, though, came across as little better than crude, occasionally violent, speculation centred around his relationship with the celebrated, and much feared, attorney Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong) whose thinly disguised homosexuality proves to be a more telling indictment of a New York that was beginning to come to terms with AIDS. Trump's rise from wealth to greater wealth and prosperity is skirted over too superficially with little meat put on the bones of his property acquisitions, developments and battles with an Ed Koch-led city hall, and it's all presented a bit too episodically weakly. Maria Bakalova acquits herself well enough as Ivana but as to the drama concerning the rest of his family, that's undercooked and I struggled to identify the accent(s) that seemed to be coming from his mother (Catherine McNally) as the importance of that torrid family unit struggles to impact on the story. For me, Strong steals his scenes and delivers well as the manipulative and scheming lawyer with few scruples, but the rest of this is all a bit of a soap that will probably polarise opinion as effectively as does Donald Trump himself.
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"The Apprentice will leave no one indifferent. By crafting a provocative, uncompromising narrative about Donald Trump's early days, Ali Abbasi and Gabriel Sherman confront audiences with a raw, unsettling view of a man who shaped politics, business, his country, and the world with intense controversy and questionable morals.
The exceptional, award-worthy performances from Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong elevate a bold script unafraid to incriminate a former - and perhaps future - POTUS in multiple ways, revealing shocking events from his life and career.
It's a biopic that challenges the audience to reflect on the choices we make every day and just how far we're willing to go to achieve our dreams."
Rating: B+
Cast & Crew of
The Apprentice
Cast
... Donald Trump
... Roy Cohn
... Fred Trump
... Ivana Trump
... Mary Anne Trump
... Freddy Trump
... Daniel Sullivan
... Mike Wallace
... Tony Schwartz
... Fancy
... Russell Eldridge
... Roger Stone
... Fat Tony Salerno
... Al Formicola
... Andy Warhol
... Ed Koch
... Rona Barret
... Tom Bolan
... Victor Palmieri
... Barbara Katz
... Kinney (Reporter #1)
... Reporter #2
... Reporter (#3)
... Reporter #4
... Reporter #5
... Atlantic City Gambler #1
... Atlantic City Gambler #2
... Theodore Green
... Walter
... Tailor
... Blond Guy
... Rupert Murdoch
... George Steinbrenner
... Judge Edward Neaher
... Model
... Nixon Masked Man
... Jay Pritzker
... TV Reporter
... Michael Rubin
... Audience Member #1
... Audience Member #2
... Ms. Nathanson
... Maxwell Bouncer
... Maxwell Bouncer
... Tavern Waiter
... Robert Trump
... Mary Trump
... Elizabeth Trump
... Ivanka Trump
... Billy (Cabbie)
... Estelle
... Board Member Bob
... Simon (Limo Driver)
... Young Lawyer #1
... Aggressive Pimp
... Tony's Associate
... Carly
... Creditor #1
... Creditor #1
... Creditor #2
... Dr. Steven Hoefflin
... Peter Fraser
... Atlantic City Waiter
... Tennant #1
... Blond Model
... Presbyterian Pastor
... Mob Associate
... Harry Helmsley
... Sandra
... Policeman
... Dick Morgan
... Female Passerby
... Donald's Secretary
... Lawyer
... Newscaster
... Ivanka's Girlfriend #1
... Ivanka's Girlfriend #2
... Ivanka's Girlfriend #3
... Choir Singer #1
... Choir Singer #2
... Choir Singer #3
... Choir Singer #4
... Choir Singer #5
... Donald's Nanny
... Topless Call Girl #1
... Topless Call Girl #2 (As Drew Glider)
... Orgy Guy #1
... Orgy Guy #2
... Orgy Guy #3
... Party Goer #1
... Self (archive footage)
... Self (archive footage)
Crew
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... Screenplay
... Director of Photography
... Editor
... Production Design
... Set Decoration
... Makeup Department Head
... Costume Design
... Hair Department Head
... Editor
... Original Music Composer
... Original Music Composer
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... Executive Producer
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... Associate Producer
... Associate Producer
... Executive Producer
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... Executive Producer
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... Executive Producer
... Co-Executive Producer
... Producer
... Producer
... Executive Producer
... Co-Producer
... Executive Producer
... Co-Producer
... Casting
... Casting
... Prosthetic Makeup Artist
... Key Hair Stylist
... Key Hair Stylist
... Key Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Production Manager
... First Assistant Director
... Third Assistant Director
... Second Assistant Director
... Third Assistant Director
... On Set Props
... Set Decoration Buyer
... Graphic Designer
... Set Decoration Buyer
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Foley Editor
... Foley Artist
... ADR Mixer
... Sound Mixer
... Foley Editor
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... Dialogue Editor
... Dialogue Editor
... Foley Mixer
... Sound Effects Editor
... Foley Artist
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Special Effects Supervisor
... Casting Associate
... Gaffer
... Still Photographer
... Main Title Designer
... Script Supervisor
... Location Manager
... VFX Artist
... VFX Artist
... Visual Effects
... Visual Effects Producer
... Visual Effects
... Visual Effects
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Visual Effects
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... Visual Effects
... Visual Effects
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Visual Effects Producer
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunt Double
... Stunts
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... Stunt Coordinator
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... Stunt Driver
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... Thanks
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