In this David and Goliath story for the 21st century, a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on celebrity tycoon Donald Trump as he buys up one of Scotland's last wilderness areas to build a golf resort.
Underdogs stand their ground in Anthony Baxter's modest but revealing doc.
– John DeFore,
Hollywood Reporter,
3 Aug 2012
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"You've Been Trumped" is a potent study of the intimidating power of money not in theory but on the ground, an examination of how a wealthy man with a boundless sense of entitlement can strong-arm all opposition without really breaking a sweat.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Aug 2012
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I imagine Trump's idea of beauty is the antiseptic tackiness of the tinfoil towers he erects around the world.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
18 Oct 2012
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If you still have any questions about the personal character of Donald Trump, check out this muckraking British documentary.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
18 Oct 2012
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Anthony Baxter gives us a vivid documentary called You've Been Trumped that treats [Donald Trump] as a smooth, credible, inevitable historical force.