The Apprentice (2024)

"Sebastian Stan plays his role with a blazing commitment."

"Impersonating Donald Trump is a losing proposition, but Sebastian Stan nails it."

"Sebastian Stan expertly depicts Trump's rise from raw hustler to larger-than-life tycoon."

"No movie could stand a chance of decoding the all-bamboozling enigma that is Donald Trump – but (it) achieves some success."

"Searches for depth in Trump, but there’s none to be found."

"If anything, it makes his nightmarish ascent and oafish brutality easier to grasp and even more terrifying."

"It’s wise that the movie doesn’t try to pathologise — and thus partially explain away — Donald’s brutality."

"An engrossing mentor-mentee tale that showcases two, quite frankly, amazing performances."

"Kind of a knockout... Yet I have an issue with the movie, and it all pivots around the mystery of Trump. I don’t think The Apprentice ever penetrates it."

"Stan’s performance goes beyond impersonation to capture the essence of the man."

"Destined to be berated by many as too flattering or too unflattering, but it's a cleverly composed snapshot of its subject at a specific time."

"When considering the long line of grifters and mythmakers this country has produced (and will still), Trump isn’t unique and so his story is told plainly, without special treatment."

"Encapsulates the American Dream, revealing all the ways in which it can be subverted into a nightmare."

"Cohn molded Trump into the man he is today throughout the 1970s and 1980s, with his fingerprints all over his protege decades later."

"One thing that the filmmakers don’t prepare you for is the magnitude of the American tragedy rapidly unfolding before you."

"A fascinating portrait of the kind of deeply entitled white man born into a powerful and rich family."

"Shows you Trump as a performance, a little unreal, a little eerie, without ever feeling as though it’s losing points to Trump the man."

"A smart, tragic take on just how dark the American Dream can be, with award-worthy work from Stan and Strong."

"The Apprentice’s most effective takedown of Donald Trump is how unremarkable it makes him seem."