You've Been TrumpedMovie Reviews

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  • 80
    Total Film |

    A vital, visceral antidote to Trump's slick PR machine. Read full review

  • 75
    NPR | Jeannette Catsoulis

    I went to school in Aberdeen and know the region well. It's a place of unforgiving winds and magnificent sunsets, harsh farmland and deserted beaches. The people are hardy, hardworking and fiercely self-sufficient, asking little of their government except the will to do the right thing. They weren't Trumped; they were betrayed. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    In medieval times, the nobility enjoyed something called droit du seigneur, their right to deflower their serfs' virgin daughters before their marriage. These days the nobility has been replaced by billionaire bullies, who continue to screw us serfs. Read full review

  • 60
    The Hollywood Reporter | John DeFore

    Modest but revealing documentary. Read full review

  • 60
    Variety | Ronnie Scheib

    Collectivist in spirit, this mostly entertaining film lacks an official host or voiceover narration, which first works swimmingly but eventually becomes too diffuse. Read full review

  • 60
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    Mr. Trump comes across as an insensitive, lying bully who will do whatever it takes to realize his dream of creating what he promises will be the world's greatest golf resort. Read full review

  • 50
    Boston Globe | Mark Feeney

    The biggest problem with the documentary, besides the overexposure of its namesake, is length. Read full review

  • 40
    Time Out New York | Joshua Rothkopf

    Bound to surprise absolutely no one, Donald Trump comes off like a shameless boor in this slack, hiss-jerking documentary about his efforts to build a luxurious golf resort on hundreds of pristine acres of the Scottish coast. Read full review

  • 40
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    First-time director Anthony Baxter jettisons all pretense of impartiality, without adding any of the intelligent outrage of his evident influence, Michael Moore. Read full review

  • 25
    Slant Magazine |

    Though Anthony Baxter seems driven by empathy rather than greed, his film is ultimately as reductive and misleading as the expensive Trump PR campaigns he righteously rails against. Read full review

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