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Review: The Apprentice

 Reflecting on some other films that were Oscar nominated that I didn't review before the Oscars, this post will contain spoilers!

The Apprentice

Summary

    This is the story of how Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan) became Donald Trump. While in legal trouble, he turns to Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong) for a lawyer. Roy takes Trump under his wing and teaches him how he navigates society. Roy is a lawyer who's been indicted many times and never admits when he loses, traits absorbed by Trump later on. These tactics pay off as soon Trump is a very successful businessman, completing ever project he sets his mind to and even gets married and has a successful personal life, or so it seems. Trump takes everything that Roy taught him and expands upon it drastically to the point where even Roy sees the atrocity that he's created. 

One-Sentence Review

Rating: 9/10

    This movie is so incredibly accurate down to the mannerisms of each character and provides a lot of clarity. 

The Tiny Details

    I knew this would be a good film the second it started with Nixon stating he wasn't a crook after the Watergate incident. The irony that is included in the dialogue of the film is amazing. The plot in general just explains a lot about why Donald Trump acts like Donald Trump, the number of times during this where I said "oooohhhhhhhh" because Roy Cohn told Trump something like "never admit defeat" or "the truth is a malleable thing" which you can see applied to real life even though the film's setting was decades prior to his presidential campaign. 

    What made this film so great was the acting, I truly felt like I was watching a memory of what happened in the past. Sebastian Stan had all of Trump's mannerisms perfected and it was such a major contribution to the film. I would've loved if Sebastian Stan won an Oscar for this film because of how believable he was. Jeremy Strong was also great as Roy Cohn, and it contributed to how realistic this film seemed. 

Best Quotes

5) "Killer means winner" - Trump

4) "I can get a two-dollar lawyer like you as well" - Ivana

3) "Admit nothing, deny everything" - Roy Cohn

2) "They were your idea. You made me do it" - Ivana

1) "You look like an orange" - Ivana 

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