The Apprentice review – cartoon version of chump-in-chief Donald Trump’s early years
The Guardian - 2024-05-20T17:22:46.000Z

Cannes film festival Ali Abbasi’s film presents young Donald as an amoral narcissist, wastes the talent of Jeremy Strong and includes a grisly rape scene that is quickly glossed overNews: new film about Donald Trump depicts him as a rapistDonald Trump will not be the smallest bit worried by this genially ironic, lenient TV movie-style treatment of his early adventures in 70s landlordism, property and tabloid celebrity – and his own apprentice relationship with dark legal sorcerer and Nixon...

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