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- Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: This is the story of a man who learned how to be a villain and thrived at doing so.
- Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: The Apprentice is a good film, until it isn’t.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: a film that reflects both the gritty, crime-ridden 1970’s New York City and the ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’ veneer it took on in the 1980’s…That is the vivid setting for two phenomenal performances.
- Derek Deskins @ Edge Media Network
- Excerpt: If there is one thing that “The Apprentice” manages in its runtime, it is to make you feel something for a despicable figure – not Donald Trump, but Roy Cohn.
- Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
- Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
- Excerpt: Director Ali Abbasi tries to dissect Trump’s origins, but his time in the public eye has made people all too familiar with his values and slogans… overall, the picture is a shallow attempt to understand a man who literally plays by his own rules.
- Anne Hoyt @ La Cronica [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Donald Trump, la infancia de un jefe
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: A portrait of a weak man, humorless and friendless, desperate to be liked, desperate to be seen as someone who *matters*. Sebastian Stan’s brilliantly disgusting Trump is horrifically riveting.
- Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Because seeing someone harden into stone will never be as interesting as watching that rock crumble. That’s what Strong delivers.
- Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: This biopic of Donald Trump’s early years wisely focuses on his time as the eager protégé of the infamous Roy Cohn, though condensing such a sprawling story into two hours proves challenging. Still, Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong make for a compelling duo, capturing the early development of the ruthless instinct that would shape Trump into the man we know today.
- [New] | Dan Stalcup @ The Goods: Film Reviews
- Excerpt: In another universe, I’d quite like Abbasi’s take on the moral spiral/financial ascent of a greedy capitalist as the mirror for our own society’s decay. I respect that he’s making the exact film he wants to, and a lot of it works.
- Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong and Maria Bakalova are all great, and along with Abbasi’s directing, they make us understand Donald Trump. Seeing an “origin story” of such a controversial, hateful and unusual figure is intriguing.
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