The Apprentice is a 2024 biographical drama film, directed by Ali Abbasi and written by Gabriel Sherman. It stars Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and examines his career as a real estate businessman in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, highlighting his relationship with attorney Roy Cohn, played by Jeremy Strong. The cast also includes Martin Donovan as Trump's father Fred, and Maria Bakalova as Trump's first…
1980s. During those ten years, Donald Trump went from being an aspiring businessman, living off and guided by his father, to one of the wealthiest men in the United States of America. How did he achieve it? Well, the entire process behind Donald John Trump is seen magnificently, I must add, in the nearly two-hour runtime of The Apprentice. A film that shows how the desire for power and status is an old American vice that almost no one escapes. People with power and money, clearly, cannot escape this habit...
However, I want to pause to explain why the film is called The Apprentice. Evidently, it is a nod from the production and the screenwriter to that famous cable television show where Trump became a star. But unlike that reality show, what we see in the feature film is properly documented and based on multiple sources. The film itself did not escape controversy and threats from the U.S. President.
We are, without knowing it, witnesses to the metamorphosis of a man in his early thirties, obsessed with fame, respect, and money at all costs, who will spare nothing to achieve it. A certain type of wife, a certain philosophy of life. Morality as a second- or third-tier topic, always repeating slogans. For example, Never admit you were wrong. Always deny failure. Deny it, even if it costs you your life. No doubt, a cult film for the keyboard kids trying to sell courses online about trading and financial security.
I see in the tone of the film a directorial approach very similar to Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, with much less humor and more focus on the psychology of the character, which Sebastian Stan develops wonderfully. Not for nothing, he has been nominated for an Academy Award for his outstanding performance in this film. But if there is a supporting character worth highlighting, it is the role played by Jeremy Strong. Curiously, in the film he portrays a famous conservative U.S. lawyer accused of being homosexual, who was with Donald Trump at the very beginning, acting as a mentor.
Roy Cohn, that was the name of the person who taught the apprentice to become who he is today. Ruthless, cruel, merciless, ambitious, fierce, voracious, obsessed with power and respect from everyone at all times. Seriously, this film is one of those gems that, at the peak popularity of the newly elected U.S. President, has seen an unfair and undeserved contrast of acceptance. Additionally, it is visually stunning. The texture of the images in the film has been intentionally aged to make it look like the 1980s. Details, script, satire, and a view of how Donald became Trump.
El aprendiz La primera vez que supe de esta película La verdad me llenó de bastante curiosidad, y como no me iba a llenar de curiosidad si sale el mismo actor que hace del soldado del invierno en los vengadores, solo puedo hacer esta película que es bastante interesante a nivel de drama, los maquillajes los vestuarios la forma en la que está grabada la verdad es increíble y entiendo por qué razones fue nominada los oscars, situaciones son impecables Y de verdad que los gestos incluso de Trump están muy bien marcados en la película.
The Apprentice The first time I heard about this movie I was really curious, and how could I not be curious if the same actor who plays the winter soldier in the avengers comes out, I can only make this movie that is quite interesting at the level of drama, makeup, costumes, the way it is filmed, the truth is amazing and I understand why it was nominated for the Oscars, situations are impeccable and really that even Trump's gestures are very well marked in the film.
Lo que es la parte del guion se puede decir que es meramente sencillo pero en esos detalles sencillos en donde empiezan a profundizar y a volver más complejo los detalles personales de la vida de Trump, si bien es cierto hay una escena que sí te puede sacar bastante la onda porque si saben ligeramente historia de Trump saben que eso nunca pasó pues, y tengo que decir que es un acto bastante horrible el cual ponen en escena que la verdad no viene ni al caso en la historia de el Pero bueno se entiende porque la misma película te advierte que si bien la historia es biográfica la verdad es que las partes dramáticas o conversaciones Si fueron hechas de forma un poco más libre.
What is the part of the script can be said to be merely simple but in those simple details where they begin to deepen and become more complex personal details of Trump's life, while it is true that there is a scene that you can get quite the wave because if you know slightly Trump history know that never happened well, and I have to say that it is a pretty horrible act which they put in scene that really does not even come to the case in the history of the But well it is understood because the same film warns you that although the story is biographical the truth is that the dramatic parts or conversations if they were made a little more free form.
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Es una película que si muchos pueden creer que es política la verdad es que no lo es, es una historia de una etapa de la vida de Trump en la cual te van contando poco a poco como él fue creciendo en la parte de los negocios a la parte que le agrega un poquitico de sabor dramático y se toman ciertas licencias y libertades que la historia sea mucho más interesante, la verdad es que si no han tenido la oportunidad de verla sí se las recomiendo la película dura dos horas y la verdad es que en ningún momento la sentí lenta.
It is a film that if many may believe that it is political the truth is that it is not, it is a story of a stage of Trump's life in which they tell you little by little how he was growing in the business part of the part that adds a little dramatic flavor and take certain licenses and liberties that the story is much more interesting, the truth is that if you have not had the opportunity to see it I recommend the film lasts two hours and the truth is that at no time I felt it slow.
Lo primero que tengo que decir sobre esta película es que me pareció arrechísima. Desde el punto de vista técnico, artístico, de guión es demasiado buena. Desde que comenzó la película yo estaba tenso. Las acciones de los personajes, que cada vez que decían algo cada vez que hacían algo yo estaba incómodo ahí porque bueno me afectaba la película es muy buena haciendo eso. Y aparte los actores hacen un trabajo impresionante. Se pierden debajo de la piel de los personajes que están interpretando. Sebastián Stan hace los movimientos de Donald Trump a la perfección es como ver al presidente hablaré una cosa de locos. Y Jeremy Strong es otra persona. Es el abogado Roy Cohn. La forma en la que habla, como mueve su cuerpo y los gestos que hace me recordaron de lo que se trata actuar.
The first thing I have to say about this movie is that I thought it was awesome. It had a technical and artistic point of view, the script is too good. From the beginning of the movie I was tense. The actions of the characters, every time they said something, every time they did something, I was uncomfortable there because well, it affected me. The movie is very good at doing that. And besides, the actors do an impressive job. They get lost under the skin of the characters they are playing. Sebastian Stan does Donald Trump's movements perfectly, it's like watching the president talk about crazy things. And Jeremy Strong is another person. He is the lawyer Roy Cohn. The way he talks, how he moves his body and the gestures he makes reminded me of what acting is all about.
Bueno dicho esto, esta película se trata del presidente actual de los Estados Unidos. Y según el director ellos no querían que fuera de esta forma. No querían que la película se viera como una biopic de Trump sino como un estudio de personaje. Pero cómo tú me vas a decir que una película acerca del presidente de los Estados Unidos no se trata de un biopic del presidente de los Estados Unidos. Y a parte de eso, la película se estrenó unos días antes de las elecciones para el segundo mandato de Donald Trump en el 2024. Se podrán imaginar que cuando el candidato a la presidencia se enteró de la película eso fue un asunto. El tipo dijo que era de mal gusto "fake and clasless". Dijo que todos los que habían trabajado en esa película eran unos buscadores y que estaban atentando contra el movimiento político más grande en la historia de los Estados Unidos: make América great again. También dijo que iba a demandar a las personas involucradas en la película sin embargo esto no ha sucedido y ya la película se estrenó hace unos meses entonces creo que no va a pasar. Y el verdadero motivo por el que creo que no hicieron ese tipo de cosas fue para no darle más publicidad a la cinta y que menos gente se enterara de ella. Y tiene sentido porque en esta película ellos muestran a Trump casi como un villano. Aunque el presidente no dijo haber visto la película sospecho que lo hizo para tener unas opiniones tan marcadas acerca de la cinta. En esta película Donald Trump aparece como alguien que miente alguien que manipula e incluso ataca sexualmente a su ex esposa. Yo tenía dudas acerca de si lo que estaba viendo se basaba o no en la realidad porque por más que sea esto es una obra de ficción. Pero resulta ser que la persona que escribe el guión se llama Gabriel Sherman y él es un periodista que ha estado escribiendo sobre Trump y él es un periodista que ya está escribiendo sobre Trump desde hace años. Y la escena en la que trump ataca sexualmente a su ex esposa está sacada de unas declaraciones que ella dio cuando demandó a Donald Trump hace millones de años cuando todavía estaban juntos. El asunto es que esas acusaciones se dejaron ir y el caso se cerró, entonces creo que queda para la imaginación si el asunto realmente sucedió o no ya que al menos según la ley no sucedió. Mientras escribo esto estoy pensando que de repente ellos no hicieron nada en contra de la película para no generar publicidad. Sebastián Stan, el uno de los protagonistas de la cinta, que hace de Trump, en una entrevista dijo que estaba bien que Donald Trump hablara al respecto de la película porque eso le daba publicidad. Supongo que el equipo de Trump entendieron que no debían hacerlo. Imagínense que en esta película ellos me escriben a Donald Trump como el malo, un villano, un tipo despiadado. Entonces viene el Trump de la realidad y destruye a las personas involucradas en el proyecto. Se cumpliría la profecía pues. Se mostraría que el tipo es verdaderamente malo y creo que él no hacer nada, el no hablar más al respecto el no actuar es casi un movimiento de marketing para mostrarlo como alguien que no es tan malo. Además tienen otras cosas de qué preocuparse estos panas están que si en guerra con Gaza. Imagínate tener que parar absolutamente todo para prestar la atención a una película.
Well, that being said, this movie is about the current president of the United States. And according to the director, they didn't want it to be that way. They didn't want the movie to be seen as a biopic of Trump but as a character study. But how are you going to tell me that a movie about the president of the United States is not a biopic of the president of the United States? And apart from that, the movie was released a few days before the elections for Donald Trump's second term in 2024. You can imagine that when the presidential candidate found out about the movie, that was a problem. The guy said it was "fake and classless" in bad taste. He said that everyone who had worked on that movie was a bunch of seekers and that they were attacking the largest political movement in the history of the United States: make America great again. He also said that he was going to sue the people involved in the movie, but this hasn't happened and the movie was already released a few months ago, so I don't think that's going to happen. And the real reason I think they didn't do that kind of thing was so that they wouldn't give the movie more publicity and so that fewer people would find out about it. And it makes sense because in this movie they portray Trump almost as a villain. Even though the president didn't say he saw the movie, I suspect he did so in order to have such strong opinions about the movie. In this movie, Donald Trump is portrayed as someone who lies, someone who manipulates and even sexually assaults his ex-wife. I had doubts about whether what I was seeing was based on reality or not because this is a work of fiction. But it turns out that the person who wrote the script is called Gabriel Sherman and he's a journalist who's been writing about Trump and he's a journalist who's been writing about Trump for years. And the scene where Trump sexually assaults his ex-wife is taken from a statement she gave when she sued Donald Trump millions of years ago when they were still together. The thing is that those accusations were dropped and the case was closed, so I think it's left to the imagination whether the matter really happened or not since at least according to the law it didn't happen. As I write this I'm thinking that suddenly they didn't do anything against the film so as not to generate publicity. Sebastian Stan, one of the protagonists of the film, who plays Trump, said in an interview that it was okay for Donald Trump to talk about the film because it would give him publicity. I guess Trump's team understood that they shouldn't do it. Imagine that in this film they write me Donald Trump as the bad guy, a villain, a ruthless guy. Then the Trump of reality comes and destroys the people involved in the project. The prophecy would be fulfilled then. It would be shown that the guy is really bad and I think that him not doing anything, not talking about it more, not acting is almost a marketing move to show him as someone who is not so bad. Besides, these guys have other things to worry about, they are at war with Gaza. Imagine having to stop absolutely everything to pay attention to a movie.
Por otro lado del director de esta película no es tonto y apenas Donald Trump publicó su opinión acerca de la película él contestó muy fresco que no tendría ningún problema en hablar directamente con Trump y que si Trump lo invitaba a él a la casa blanca a poner la película ambos podrían verla y podrían discutirla al final de la proyección. Jeremy strong en una entrevista dijo que era una temática difícil porque se trataba de algo que está sucediendo en ese momento, que interpelaba la política de un país y cuando les propusieron hacer la película sintieron que era un poco peligroso porque se estaban metiendo con la integridad del presidente del país. Sin embargo no les sucedió nada malo a ellos más bien deberían estar celebrando porque la película recibió una ovación de 11 minutos de aplausos en cannes.
On the other hand, the director of this film is not stupid and as soon as Donald Trump published his opinion about the film he answered very coolly that he would have no problem in speaking directly with Trump and that if Trump invited him to the White House to show the film, they could both see it and discuss it at the end of the screening. Jeremy Strong said in an interview that it was a difficult subject because it was about something that was happening at that moment, that questioned the politics of a country and when they were proposed to make the film they felt that it was a little dangerous because they were messing with the integrity of the president of the country. However, nothing bad happened to them, rather they should be celebrating because the film received an 11-minute standing ovation in Cannes.
Volviendo a lo que dije al principio, la peculiaridad de la película es que el director no habla de ella como si fuera un movimiento político, solo es un estudio de personajes. Que evidentemente se trata de unos personajes muy reconocidos pero eso es todo. Ellos no querían manipular la opinión de la gente para que votaran ni en contra ni a favor sin embargo a mí me parece así como súper curioso de pana que la película se haya estrenado exactamente cuando se estrenó y que la película mostrara a los personajes como los mostró. Aunque ellos digan que no, yo creo que sí hubo algo de intención detrás de hacer las cosas como las hicieron. Pero eso solo en cuanto a el director y el guionista porque no puedo decir lo mismo de los actores. Creo que ellos están al servicio de una historia. Ellos están al servicio de unos personajes. Y creo que lo hicieron increíble.
Going back to what I said at the beginning, the peculiarity of the film is that the director does not talk about it as if it were a political movement, it is just a study of characters. Obviously, these are very well-known characters, but that is all. They did not want to manipulate people's opinions so that they would vote against or in favor, but I find it super curious that the film was released exactly when it was released and that the film showed the characters as it showed them. Even if they say no, I think there was some intention behind doing things the way they did. But that is only in regards to the director and the scriptwriter because I cannot say the same about the actors. I think they are at the service of a story. They are at the service of characters. And I think they did it incredibly.
Me pregunto que habría sucedido si alguien en Venezuela hubiera hecho lo mismo acerca del presidente actual del país. En Estados Unidos son demócratas, hay libertad de expresión y verlo desde aquí es impresionante. Que hayan hablado de esa forma del presidente de los Estados Unidos y que la gente les haya aplaudido y que aparte pudieran mostrar la película, estrenarla en cines es impresionante. Aquí en Venezuela hubieran agarrado a los directores, a todo el mundo que hubiese trabajaba en esa película y los hubieran metido presos y aparte la película jamás hubiera salido en cines. Todo se hubiera mantenido en secreto y nadie se hubiera enterado de la película. Las diferencias entre una dictadura y una democracia son gigantes. Y ver este tipo de cosas así sea dentro del mundo del arte ponen perspectiva todo. No estoy diciendo que yo quisiera escribir algún tipo de proyecto artístico evidentemente en contra del gobierno actual pero no estaría mal saber que podría hacerlo si quisiera. Por ejemplo ahí están los panas que escribieron la película Simón y el pana que la dirigió también están exiliados viviendo en Miami porque no pueden regresar al país. Aparentemente hacer esa película es como un súper hiper insulto en contra del gobierno porque muestran las formas monstruosas en las que tratan a los estudiantes que fueron apresados por protestar en contra de nuestros mandatarios. Los Chamos que hicieron esa película son venezolanos pero ya no pueden pisar el país de nuevo porque irían presos automáticamente.
I asked myself what would have happened if someone in Venezuela had done the same thing about the current president of the country. In the United States they are democrats, there is freedom of expression and seeing it from here is impressive. That they spoke in that way about the president of the United States and that people applauded them and that they were able to show the film, release it in theaters is impressive. Here in Venezuela they would have arrested the directors, everyone who had worked on that film and they would have put them in jail and the film would never have come out in theaters. Everything would have been kept secret and no one would have found out about the film. The differences between a dictatorship and a democracy are huge. And seeing this type of thing, even within the art world, puts everything into perspective. I am not saying that I would like to write some kind of artistic project obviously against the current government but it would not be bad to know that I could do it if I wanted to. For example, there are the friends who wrote the film Simón and the friend who directed it who are also exiled living in Miami because they cannot return to the country. Apparently making that film is like a super hyper insult against the government because it shows the monstrous ways in which they treat the students who were arrested for protesting against our leaders. The kids who made that film are Venezuelan but they can't set foot in the country again because they would automatically go to jail.
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Decade of the 1980s. During those 10 years, Donald Trump went from being an attempted businessman, living in his father's lap, to one of the biggest billionaires in the United States of America. How did he do it? Well, the whole process behind Donald John Trump, we see it majestically, I might add, in the almost 2 hours and a bit of running time in The Apprentice.... A film which shows how the lust for power and status is an old American vice and that almost nobody escapes (people with power and money, clearly) do not escape this ‘habit’.
However, I want to pause to explain why the film is called Th Apprentice (....). Evidently, it is a nod from the products to the scriptwriter to that famous cable TV show where Trump used to be a star. But unlike that reality show, what we see in the feature film is properly substantiated and draws on multiple sources. The film itself has not escaped the polemics and threats of the US President himself...
We are unknowingly witnessing the metamorphosis of a 30-something guy, obsessed with fame, respect and money at any cost, who will spare nothing to get it. A certain kind of wife, a certain philosophy of life. Morality as a second or third rate issue, and always repeating slogans. Like for example: ‘Never admit you are wrong. Always deny failure. Deny it, even if it costs you your life!’. Without a doubt, a cult film for the rat children who try to sell courses on networks about trading and ‘financial security’.
The film's tone is very similar in tone to Scorsese's Wolf of The Wall Street.... With much less humour and more focused on the psychology of the character developed wonderfully by Sebastian Stan. Not for nothing has he been nominated for an Academy Award for his splendid performance in this film. But if I have to single out one character, and therefore one actor, I'd go for the supporting role played by Jeremy Strong. Curiously, he plays in the film a famous conservative American lawyer accused of being homosexual and who was with Donald Trump at the beginning of it all, as a mentor...
Roy Cohn, that was the name of the person who taught the apprentice to be who he is today... Ruthless, cruel, merciless, ambitious, ferocious, voracious, sick with power and respect for all, at all times. Seriously, this film is one of those gems that, at the peak of the newly elected US President's popularity, has seen an unfair and undeserved contrast of acceptance. Moreover, visually it is a beauty. The texture of the image we see of this film has been ‘deteriorated’ at will to make it look like the 80s. Details, script, satire and a look at how Donald became Trump.
It is a biographical drama that immerses us in the New York of the 70s and 80s to explore the early years of Donald Trump, before he became the controversial and omnipresent figure in world politics that we know today.
The film chronicles his relationship with Roy Cohn, an unscrupulous lawyer who plays a crucial role in the young businessman's upbringing.
This portrait of an ambitious Trump willing to do anything to achieve success offers us a glimpse into the origins of his ideology and behavior, with powerful performances that propel the story forward.
The film succeeds in vividly recreating the atmosphere of a New York in the throes of transformation, where real estate booms and social tensions intertwine in a complex landscape.
Ali Abbasi's direction stands out for its ability to transport the viewer to this period, showing us a young Trump, full of ambition and desperately seeking to make his mark in the business world.
The city lights, skyscrapers under construction and business intrigues form the perfect backdrop for the plot, underscoring the contrast between the luxury and chaos that characterize the lives of the protagonists.
One of the greatest achievements of “The Apprentice” is the performance of Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump and Jeremy Strong in the role of Roy Cohn, the lawyer with no morals who serves as Trump's mentor.
Stan delivers a surprisingly restrained performance, avoiding falling into the easy caricature of a strident Trump, instead showing a more youthful version, driven by insecurity and overweening ambition.
We see his character being molded under Cohn's influence, and Stan is able to convey Trump's evolution from an eager young businessman to an increasingly calculating and ruthless man.
Jeremy Strong shines as Roy Cohn, who plays a pivotal role in shaping the Trump who will eventually dominate the world of business and politics.
His Cohn is manipulative, cunning and dangerous, and Strong plays him with an intensity that keeps the viewer on edge.
The chemistry between Stan and Strong is palpable, and their scenes together are the emotional core of the film. Through their mentor-disciple relationship, the film explores themes of power, ethics (or lack thereof) and boundless ambition.
It is very obvious that most of Hollywood is left wing and they did everything they could to prevent Trump from getting to the White House again. This movie was meant to hurt Trump, but unfortunately for them, I think it has had the opposite effect and after watching it, maybe even those who dislike him will empathize with him.
The screenwriter for the film is Gabriel Sherman, who a few years ago wrote a miniseries about another powerful right-winger, the predatory Roger Ailes. I wrote about this miniseries some time ago and gave my opinion. He is a screenwriter clearly biased by his political ideology. To direct the film, they sought a non-American filmmaker. Iranian Ali Abassi, whose film Holy Spider fascinated me. He is a great filmmaker. They were right to choose him. He comes from an Islamic country and he is probably closer to the ideas of the pro-green Hollywood.
The Apprentice narrates the friendship and business relationship that Trump had during his youth with the famous lawyer Roy Cohn. The ruthless Cohn would become a mentor to the young businessman with big, ambitious ideas. He would help him solve problems and influence him with his way of doing things. Cohn was a figure in America, detested by many. If you want to know more about this lawyer, I recommend an HBO documentary I reviewed a couple of years ago entitled: Tyrant. Coward. Victim. The Roy Cohn Story
It is clear that the main goal of the film is to put a dent in the Trump figure. From the promotional trailer they do a text insert that claims to be the birth of a supervillain. I get a chuckle out of the whole thing. They insist on painting the figure of the current president as the most evil being in the world. Good thing a majority of the American people got tired of such progre nonsense.
Es muy evidente que la mayor parte de Hollywood es de izquierdas e hicieron todo lo posible para evitar que Trump llegara de nuevo a la Casa Blanca. Esta película estaba pensada para hacer daño a Trump, pero por desgracia para ellos, creo que ha tenido el efecto contrario y después de verla, puede que incluso aquellos a los que les cae mal empaticen con él.
El guionista de la película es Gabriel Sherman, que hace unos años escribió una miniserie sobre otro poderoso derechista, el depredador Roger Ailes. Escribí sobre esta miniserie hace algún tiempo y di mi opinión. Es un guionista claramente sesgado por su ideología política. Para dirigir la película, buscaron a un cineasta no estadounidense. El iraní Ali Abassi, cuya película Holy Spider me fascinó. Es un gran cineasta. Hicieron bien en elegirlo. Viene de un país islámico y probablemente esté más cerca de las ideas del Hollywood progre.
The Apprentice narra la relación de amistad y negocios que Trump mantuvo durante su juventud con el famoso abogado Roy Cohn. El despiadado Cohn se convertiría en mentor del joven empresario de grandes y ambiciosas ideas. Le ayudaría a resolver problemas e influiría en él con su forma de hacer las cosas. Cohn fue una figura en Estados Unidos, detestada por muchos. Si quieres saber más sobre este abogado, te recomiendo un documental de la HBO que reseñé hace un par de años titulado: Tirano. Cobarde. Victim. La historia de Roy Cohn
Está claro que el objetivo principal de la película es hacer mella en la figura de Trump. Desde el trailer promocional hacen un inserto de texto que dice ser el nacimiento de un supervillano. Me entra la risa con todo eso. Se empeñan en pintar la figura del actual presidente como el ser mas malvado del mundo. Menos mal que una mayoría del pueblo americano se cansó de tanta tontería progre.
The tactics and principles Cohn allegedly taught Trump are the same ones applied by anyone with a desire to get to the top of their field. Whether it's a politician, a lawyer, a businessman. Here they want to make it look like that is bad, when they themselves, the leftists, apply the same in everything they do. Only it is bad when they are not on their side.
To be ruthless, to seek to win, to triumph, to attack enemies and always sell everything in an exaggerated way. Not settling for little, aiming for more and achieving goals. That's really the American dream that is so often told. But when it's Trump who achieves it, it's bad. When it's Obama doing it, it's good. I wish a lot of agents would realize how Manichean Hollywood is on these issues. It doesn't matter if you're for or against the current president. What it's all about here is the boring manipulation, bombarding with messages that this person is bad, just because he believes in ideas contrary to his own.
Sebastian Stan's performance is excellent. I love this actor for taking risky roles. He studied the real character and had to learn gestures, way of speaking, tone of voice. Excellent work of which he himself, in different interviews, has said that he feels that his Hollywood colleagues have turned their backs on him. I recently read an article where the actor said that privately they have given him support, but publicly they are silent, and now that Trump won the presidency they don't want to praise the film.
Jeremy Strong with Roy Cohn is also fantastic. It's a film with two interesting actors and characters. The early eighties setting is also compelling. Both actors deserve an award. They have been nominated, but at the Golden Globes they walked away with zero. It's hard, with the political outcome, for the film to receive more promotion. I recommend it, it is entertaining and a pleasure to watch the performances of the actors.
Look for it on your streaming service and enjoy it. Let me know what you think in the comments.
Las tácticas y los principios que Cohn supuestamente enseñó a Trump son los mismos que aplica cualquier persona con el deseo de llegar a la cima de su campo. Ya sea un político, un abogado, un empresario. Aquí quieren hacer ver que eso es malo, cuando ellos mismos, los izquierdistas, aplican lo mismo en todo lo que hacen. Sólo que es malo cuando no están de su lado.
Ser despiadados, buscar ganar, triunfar, atacar a los enemigos y siempre vender todo de forma exagerada. No conformarse con poco, aspirar a más y alcanzar las metas. Ese es realmente el sueño americano que tanto se cuenta. Pero cuando es Trump quien lo consigue, es malo. Cuando lo hace Obama, es bueno. Ojalá muchos agentes se den cuenta del maniqueísmo de Hollywood con estos temas. Da igual si se está a favor o en contra del actual presidente. Aquí de lo que se trata es de la aburrida manipulación, bombardeando con mensajes de que esa persona es mala, sólo porque cree en ideas contrarias a las suyas.
La actuación de Sebastian Stan es excelente. Me encanta este actor por aceptar papeles arriesgados. Estudió al personaje real y tuvo que aprender gestos, forma de hablar, tono de voz. Excelente trabajo del que él mismo, en diferentes entrevistas, ha dicho que siente que sus colegas de Hollywood le han dado la espalda. Hace poco leí un artículo donde el actor decía que en privado le han dado apoyo, pero públicamente callan, y ahora que ganó Trump la presidencia no quieren alabar la película.
Jeremy Strong con Roy Cohn también es fantástico. Es una película con dos actores y personajes interesantes. La ambientación de principios de los ochenta también es convincente. Ambos actores merecen un premio. Han estado nominados, pero en los Globos de Oro se fueron con cero. Es difícil, con el resultado político, que la película reciba más promoción. La recomiendo, es entretenida y un placer ver las interpretaciones de los actores.
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I never really knew what to expect when I first heard about The Apprentice (2024), well yes the obvious is that its a movie related to Donald Trump although what was going to be the perspective or point of view was unknown to me, a biopic was expected. Ali Abbasi could have taken Donald Trump’s biopic in so many wrong ways, but after all I was really impressed. It’s a gritty depiction of Trump’s first days in the cutthroat world of New York real estate and it doesn’t sugarcoat the fact that it’s a kind of know it all sleek rich kid who becomes the ruthless figure we know today, its almost like iterally nothing stands out about the story, but it’s told so well with the help of stellar performances by the cast and a visual style that sucks you right into the raw atmosphere of 1970s and 80s New York.
From the first time you see Sebastian Stan on screen as a young Donald Trump you can feel the tension. Trump is a man who’s always trying to prove himself, constantly seeking approval from his father and the elite circles he’s attempting to join. It doesn’t really start to change for him until he meets Roy Cohn , played by Jeremy Strong. Trump becomes Cohn’s pupil, learning the ropes of New York real estate from the master and fast learning every trick in the game to make it his own, good part of the film is about their relationships. Cohn, in many ways teaches him how to manipulate the system, evade taxes and crush his enemies with three simple rules: Attack relentlessly, never admit fault and always claim victory.
And we see Trump ascending New York’s real estate scene with more and more of Cohn’s ruthlessness, manipulative and willingness to do whatever it takes to win, at a certain point you start to see how the movie is not shy of showing Trump’s darker side. He turns his back on his brother when he asks for help with addiction, sexually attacks his wife Ivana, played by Maria Bakalova, and eventually throws Cohn to the wolves when he becomes sick with AIDS.
In my opinion, the reason The Apprentice is such a good movie is because it shows us how Trump’s character evolves into the man we all know today, the man has answers for any question you throw at him. We don’t see him make an overnight change but rather we see him slowly cultivating and improving Cohn’s methods and making them his own, latter on when Cohn dies, Trump has taken all of his tricks and teaching to heart but has never acknowledged how much he owes his mentor "always claim victory".
Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump is something else, during this movie with his blond hair, you will never imagine this is The Winter Soldier, similar to when Chris Hemsworth did Dementus on Furiosa (2024), its so compelling and goes deep into the character that changes any impression out of the actor. He doesn’t try to mimic Trump’s voice or manners too closely, it mostly seem that he focuses on capturing the essence of who Trump was during this period: ambitious, insecure and becoming more and more ruthless, he probably figure out to come up with his own version of Trump but still generate this big impact on the audience. The film is able to make Trump pathetic and terrifying at the same time and that’s no easy task. There’s one standout scene in which Trump cruelly dismisses his brother Fred Jr., who is fighting addiction, you can see the fear in Stan's performance, fear that Fred's weakness might somehow bring Fred's weaknesses back on him.
The cast on this movie really went to work, its impressive, Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn. Cohn is played strong as a man who loves power and is simultaneously quite vulnerable underneath the tough exterior. Every single time Stan and Strong were together on this movie, this are some of the best in the movie, the tension between them is palpable as their mentor mentee relationship grows more and more dark and toxic, like Cohn was creating this monster in purpose. There is one particularly chilling moment when Cohn shows Trump his stack of blackmail material on various public figures. “But isn’t that illegal?” Trump asks nervously while Cohn smiles, and replies: 'That's the point.'
I also want to mention Maria Bakalova, who portrayed Ivana Trump, she adds depth to a character who could have easily been a more flat simple person, and she shows Ivana to be both ambitious on her own, and deeply affected by Trump’s cruelty.
It’s no surprise that The Apprentice has caused mixed response from audiences online, while some viewers have embraced its unflinching description and development of Trump’s rise to power, others see it as too sympathetic like its almost made too commercial to make it look good in the eyes of the public when the truth might be way more dark. Love it of hate it, specially during a year of presidential elections in the US, this is a movie that created a certain impact.
I would not call this the best movie of the year, although a good candidate for best biopic, not sure if that's is a category but would not be ruling for Stan or Strong for an Oscar to be honest. I'm the type of guy who does not believe everything they say on the screen so I bet things were much worst than the movie shows, not everyone feels that the movie goes far enough at exploring the effects of Trump's actions on those around him Ivana's character gets some screen time, but others like Fred Jr. are underdeveloped.
For me personally, The Apprentice worked because it didn’t try too hard to be either a take down or a glorification of Donald Trump it simply showed him as he was during this period: ambitious, flawed, and growing more and more monstrous as he climbed higher and higher up the ladder of success. It does a great job of explaining how power can corrupt, always keeping that mindset and fixed on a certain phase of his life, very different to what Napoleon (2024) did that try to explain so many aspects of Napoleon across his entire life.
Something I still remember is how Trump was obsessed with always claiming victory no matter how badly he lost, which is a theme that rings especially loud considering recent political goings on. It’s made me think about how much a society like ours values winning at all costs and what the hell happens when you let people like Trump rise unchallenged through systems built to reward ruthlessness over integrity. At the end Donald Trump has truly absorbed the lessons of Roy Cohn, but refuses to acknowledge how much he owes his mentor, how he almost forgot Cohn
There’s also a controversial ending where Trump gets liposuction and nails his bald spot down like he’s completing his transformation, both inside and out, really looks into something monstrous, this was symbolic moment, his final form if you want to call it that way; it wasn’t about vanity, it was about erasing any sign of vulnerability or imperfection of himself, on most true villain stories once you see them cry or weak they going after you because you have seen their weak side. At the end of the movie during an interview with Tony Schwartz, Trump talks about his business deals, which to him aren't just transactions, but the art itself and not the means to any end goal, but winning itself.
Either you love him or hate him we can not denied Donald Trump story is a very interesting one and can learn a few things from it, either they are good or bad every lesson is knowledge. This is not just another biopic but is a story of love for power between two men who form a relationship that definitely change both of them and probably Cohn is the responsible to plant the seed that created the Donald Trump of today, the man who became president of USA. Either it is out of curiosity or purely entertainment value or even for a deeper reflection on corruption in the world of business during the 80s, The Apprentice is a great one time watch.
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