Simply Perfect

Must See Movie...

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Funny or Die presents a satirical rendition of Donald J. Trump's 1987 best selling business book, The Art of the Deal. The best part of this entire short was definitely Johnny Depp as Donald J. Trump i mean the guy totally killed it and the make up was pretty spot on cause he looked like the guy although sometimes the voice was a bit too much like Jack Sparrow and less like Trump. The cameos were totally fun and especially the one from Ron Howard at the beginning and the end of the film. If you don't take it completely serious this film will definitely give you a good time plus it's silly and it knows it. (7.0/10)

This movie made me lose SO MUCH respect for Johnny Depp! I thought he was much more classy than this. It's not his place to make fun of someone. This movie just confirmed to me that I most likely will never watch another Johnny Depp movie. What really irritated me at the end was the "FU*K YOU!!!!!" he gave to the audience (us). I understand this is suppose to be a "mock" and "funny" movie, but there was nothing funny about it. Some things said were borderline out of hand. But again, judging by the way he disrespected all of his fans by saying "F*CK YOU!!!!" that just tells me that he doesn't care, which is OK, but I guarantee you we will never spend another dime on his movies. Disclaimer: I am NOT a Trump supporter, I only watched to movie because I (use to be) a big Johnny Depp fan.

While Darrell Hammond on Saturday Night Live does a decent Donald Trump, Johnny Depp of "Pirates of the Caribbean" fame proves why he may be the best performer in Hollywood. In this relatively short satirical film, Depp delivers an absolute spot-on imitation of the business magnate-turned-television reality star-turned-republican presidential demigod. If this was a more serious film at feature length, you'd start thinking Academy Award! At 50 minutes, it's just about as long as I could take in a movie concerning the most arrogant man on the planet with delusions of Godhood, although Depp's performance is more than worth the price of admission.When I first found it on Netflix, I didn't know what to make of it. I began watching the featurette with lots of questions, the biggest being why had I not heard of it? The film begins with an explanatory intro by film director and former child/adolescent star Ron Howard. He explains the film was produced, written and starred Donald Trump in the late 1980's but was pre-empted by a Monday Night Football game in 1988, a lousy one at that. All copies were destroyed in a fire, according to Howard. Decades later, Howard was rummaging in a yard sale and he and another pack-rat found the only surviving copy among heaps of stuff. The other pack-rat was about the build of Melissa McCarthy, but luckily Howard won the day and has brought the film out for public consumption.The film begins like one of those TV movies of the week you used to see in the 1970's and 1980's. Just about every television cliché is present from the music, similar to "Dallas", "Knots Landing", and "Love American Style" to the glittering fonts. Every credit is "Donald Trump" from producer to actor to editor. The film begins with a kid stealing a copy of Donald Trump's "The Art of the Deal" and escaping into an office. Of course in the office is Donald Trump (Johnnie Depp). The film becomes a mish-mash of episodes through his book as Trump explains how he got to where he is through being a ruthless and heartless American businessman. The kid is a mesmerized one-person audience hearing Trump's "story", if story it can be called. Chapters include among other things how to win lawsuits and how to defraud tenants. A few Hollywood name talent also appear including Alfred Molina (da Vinci Code) and Henry Wrinkler (who used to play Fonzie with Ron Howard on Happy Days in the 1970's).While in some ways, "The Art of the Deal" is sort of like a long Saturday Night Live sketch, Depp's performance is superb. He's captured all of Trump's gestures and idiosyncrasies right down to fiddling with his hair. If a more serious film about the rise of Trump were ever produced, Depp would be the hands-on choice. A real interesting experiment in filmmaking, and if it weren't for the fact that this narcissist disguised as a human being is trying to become king of the world, he'd probably being suing Depp and the director Jeremy Konner and writer Joe Randazzo. Luckily, Trump is rather busy. Trying to become king of the world is a full-time job.

Mockery is the style of the times, and satire is just a nice way to say "hey, we're deeply prejudiced and more than willing to express it through exaggerated stereotypes." It takes extra effort to watch this painfully desperate attempt to commit character assassination in the name of politics. At least there was some character similarity - some. But that's just my opinion. I have the same opinion whether it's some snarky rich Hollywood type looking down their nose at the person in their cheap big box store clothes, or a bunch of bullies mocking someone they want to push around. Same kind of jokes, jabs and the glow of underlying enjoyment of the sense of superiority. Don't like Trump? You'll love it.