The Apprentice (2024)

‘The Apprentice’ Looks to Chart The Roots of Donald Trump’s Business and Beliefs. The new movie from director Ali Abbasi features excellent performances from Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong, though it does have some issues with how its treats Trump.

Opening in theaters on October 11th, ‘The Apprentice’ feels both timely and of its time as it turns the clock back to the late 1970s and 1980s, where Donald Trump was still a wannabe real estate developer working for his father’s companies who dreams of running his own business empire, but initially lacking the connections –– despite his family’s clear privilege –– to do so. Ali Abbasi’s latest charts his rise thanks to the Palpatine-alike influence of obnoxious, powerful lawyer Roy Cohn, and aims to dig under Trump’s skin to discover what lead to the problem we have today.