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Synopsis
The story of how a young Donald Trump started his real estate business in the 1970s and 1980s in New York City with the help of famed attorney Roy M. Cohn.
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Jeremy Strong is also excellent as Roy Cohn
I thought this would be a simplistic and evasive demonization of Trump, but to my surprise, it actually adds depth and shade to him by exploring Roy Cohn’s corrupting influence on his mind and psyche. If anything, Sebastian Stan’s deeply realized performance – which should win any award Rami Malek gets for what I would say is a lesser biopic performance – makes the young Trump more understandable, if not always sympathetic.
The entire cast is uniformly strong
And the rendering of the New York era was breathtaking and transporting. I’m honestly shocked this film almost didn’t see the light of day.
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Trump would be thrilled to see himself portrayed as a morally ambiguous figure in the recent tradition of the royal family of “Succession” or Don Draper of “Mad Men.” Both Trump and Cohn emerge as great movie characters.
