Summary
A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.
Cast
Sebastian Stan
Donald Trump
Jeremy Strong
Roy Cohn
Maria Bakalova
Ivana Trump
Martin Donovan
Fred Trump
Catherine McNally
Mary Anne Trump
Charlie Carrick
Freddy Trump
Patch Darragh
Daniel Sullivan
Stuart Hughes
Mike Wallace
Eoin Duffy
Tony Schwartz
Chloe Madison
Fancy
Ben Sullivan
Russell Eldridge
Mark Rendall
Roger Stone
Joe Pingue
Fat Tony Salerno
Jim Monaco
Al Formicola
Bruce Beaton
Andy Warhol
Ian D. Clark
Ed Koch
Valerie O'Connor
Rona Barret
James Madge
Tom Bolan
Ron Lea
Victor Palmieri
Edie Inksetter
Barbara Katz
Michael Hough
Kinney (Reporter #1)
Robert J. Tavenor
Reporter #2
Raechel Fisher
Reporter (#3)
Stefanie Martino
Reporter #4
Randy Thomas
Reporter #5
Myron Ron Reider
Atlantic City Gambler #1
Sharon Wilcox
Atlantic City Gambler #2
Jai Jai Jones
Theodore Green
James Downing
Walter
Charlie Seminerio
Tailor
Joshua Michael St. John
Blond Guy
Tom Barnett
Rupert Murdoch
Jason Blicker
George Steinbrenner
Frank Moore
Judge Edward Neaher
Jaclyn Vogl
Model
Benny Shilling
Nixon Masked Man
Chris Owens
Jay Pritzker
Nabil Traboulsi
TV Reporter
Sam Rosenthal
Michael Rubin
Brie Watson
Audience Member #1
Luke Robinson
Audience Member #2
Clare Coulter
Ms. Nathanson
Craig Burnatowski
Maxwell Bouncer
Lorne Monroe
Maxwell Bouncer
Peter Deiwick
Tavern Waiter
Ben Ball
Robert Trump
Iona Rose Mackay
Mary Trump
Samantha Espie
Elizabeth Trump
Emily Mitchell
Ivanka Trump
Craig Warnock
Billy (Cabbie)
Kerry Ann Doherty
Estelle
Erik Snider
Board Member Bob
Chris Gleason
Simon (Limo Driver)
Taylor Bernier
Young Lawyer #1
Mishka Thébaud
Aggressive Pimp
Domingos Andrade
Tony's Associate
Dina Roudman
Carly
Rick Hughes
Creditor #1
Russell Yuen
Creditor #1
Michael Gordin Shore
Creditor #2
Matt Baram
Dr. Steven Hoefflin
Aidan Gouveia
Peter Fraser
Gavin Pounds
Atlantic City Waiter
Tammy Boundy
Tennant #1
Katie Garyfalakis
Blond Model
Don Saxon
Presbyterian Pastor
Salvatore Marcellino
Mob Associate
Marvin Karon
Harry Helmsley
Moni Ogunsuyi
Sandra
Duane Keogh
Policeman
Brad Austin
Dick Morgan
Kate Wheeler
Female Passerby
Fiona Mongillo
Donald's Secretary
Daniel Goldenberg
Lawyer
Mary Krohnert
Newscaster
Taylor Brunatti
Ivanka's Girlfriend #1
Addyson Douglas
Ivanka's Girlfriend #2
Emma Elle Paterson
Ivanka's Girlfriend #3
James Lucas Cruikshank
Choir Singer #1
Henos Girma
Choir Singer #2
Elliot Hunter Self
Choir Singer #3
Ross Cameron Bruce Fraser
Choir Singer #4
Eamon Bernard Fraser
Choir Singer #5
Niamh Carolan
Donald's Nanny
Michelle Doiron
Topless Call Girl #1
Drew Catherine
Topless Call Girl #2 (As Drew Glider)
Dion Yorkie
Orgy Guy #1
Sebb Argo
Orgy Guy #2
Miles Carney
Orgy Guy #3
David Yee
Party Goer #1
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Director
Ali Abbasi
Screenplay
Gabriel Sherman
Reviews
Geronimo1967
October 9, 2024
6
I was really quite disappointed with this. It focusses on the rise of Donald Trump, and in that role Sebastian Stan proves quite effective at mimicking some of the famous mannerisms of the man himself. The facial expressions and the habit of repeating himself to thrust home his point are well captured by this performance. The rest of it, though, came across as little better than crude, occasionally violent, speculation centred around his relationship with the celebrated, and much feared, attorney Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong) whose thinly disguised homosexuality proves to be a more telling indictment of a New York that was beginning to come to terms with AIDS. Trump's rise from wealth to greater wealth and prosperity is skirted over too superficially with little meat put on the bones of his property acquisitions, developments and battles with an Ed Koch-led city hall, and it's all presented a bit too episodically weakly. Maria Bakalova acquits herself well enough as Ivana but as to the drama concerning the rest of his family, that's undercooked and I struggled to identify the accent(s) that seemed to be coming from his mother (Catherine McNally) as the importance of that torrid family unit struggles to impact on the story. For me, Strong steals his scenes and delivers well as the manipulative and scheming lawyer with few scruples, but the rest of this is all a bit of a soap that will probably polarise opinion as effectively as does Donald Trump himself.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$16,000,000.00
Revenue:
$12,013,393.00
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