The Donald Trump biopic he doesn’t need you to see – now on Netflix | Films | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Despite being introduced in 2018, this Donald Trump biopic was not launched till final yr, and in some way it feels as if it flew below the radar for us Brits.

The Apprentice is an impartial biographical drama movie starring Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump.

Directed by Ali Abbasi, written by Gabriel Sherman, the movie additionally stars Jeremy Strong as legal professional Roy Cohn, Martin Donovan as Trump’s father Fred, and Maria Bakalova as Trump’s first spouse, Ivana.

It premiered on the 77th Cannes Film Festival in 2024. Impressing the critics, it sparked an eight-minute standing ovation; nonetheless, the movie struggled to seek out American distribution resulting from its subject material and an try by Trump’s authorized group to dam its launch. Briarcliff ultimately purchased the rights and theatrically launched it in late 2024. Since its launch, the movie has been met with a lot reward from critics for its appearing, directing, and modifying; Trump himself, in the meantime, described it as a “defamatory, politically disgusting hatchet job” supposed to hurt his finally profitable 2024 presidential marketing campaign. Stan and Strong every obtained broad acclaim and recognition for his or her performances, together with respective nominations for Lead Actor and Supporting Actor on the 97th Academy Awards.

The movie’s plot reads: “A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry second son 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.”

The movie has obtained an 83% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics’ consensus studying: “Instead of cross-examining its subject, The Apprentice gives Sebastian Stan the chance to shine in a simplistic yet entertaining foray into the world of a young Trump.”

One critic stated: “It’s surprising and even a little disappointing that The Apprentice doesn’t go all in on the grotesque and extreme aspects of the Trumpian evolution. But it does show a side of the former US president that, you suspect, he would prefer not to be seen.”

A viewer stated: “I wish this movie had gotten more attention and circulation.

“The factor is, it is a fairly sympathetic and balanced image of an actual human being.”

“One of the perfect movies of the yr I’m glad this bought launched and didn’t get blocked from being within the theatres,” added one other.

The Apprentice is obtainable to stream now on Netflix.