This was one that I was not anxious to see. However, I had hear some of the buzz for Sebastian Stan’s powerhouse performance as Donald Trump and, since it became available to rent on Vudu, I decided to give it a chance.

Stan does a tremendous job in portraying Trump, not just by imitating him or parodying him, but by using certain mannerisms to get across what he is trying to show.

The film takes the young Donald Trump and shows you how he went from that young guy who was collecting rent for his father to a mogul that would do whatever he wanted under any circumstance.

Ironically, the film scenes may have been stolen by Jeremy Strong, who played Roy M. Cohn, Trump’s lawyer who helped teach the young Trump the rules of business that became such a major aspect of Trump’s life. After Trump could no longer get anything from Cohn, he tossed him aside like yesterday’s news. Strong’s performance was even better than that of Stan’s, albeit in less screen time.

The film does a good job of displaying a man who would become one of the most polarizing figures in American history.

3.7 stars