The Apprentice depicts Donald Trump as a man out of his depth
Abbasi’s movie reminds us that Trump is not larger than life. He's smaller than the ways he’s come to dominate our culture.
Deep into the final month of this presidential cycle, with promises of an “October Surprise” still appearing in every evening headline yet disappearing by the morning, it’s easy to think that what we don’t know about Donald Trump is more important than what we already know.
Yet, with less than two weeks before election day, I suggest that you turn off the news and make the most of what might be the final days of “The Trump Age” to go see Ali Abbasi’s new film, The Apprentice.
To say it’s one of the best biopics out there is a bit like saying there’s a “good” kind of knee injury. All biopics are painful at some level, fitting decades into the space of two hours. They narrow the focus, present a streamlined view of lives, and reductively make the complex all too simple. And that’s certainly true of Abbasi’s film.
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