In this David and Goliath tale for the 21st Century, a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on Donald Trump, as the tycoon prepares to destroy one of Britain's last stretches of coastal wilderness by building a luxury golf resort. As the locals make their last stand in the face of security harassment, legal threats and the cutting off of water and electricity supplies, director Anthony Baxter is thrown in jail as he seeks out the truth.
31 December 1954, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
11 April 1947, New York City, New York, USA
12 April 1947, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
1970, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
14 June 1946, New York City, New York, USA
October 31, 2016
Meet the people with the temerity live on land Trump wanted before he got there. Trump's behavior in Aberdeenshire, as documented by Baxter, is a microcosm of Trump's awfulness overall.October 18, 2012
If you still have any questions about the personal character of Donald Trump, check out this muckraking British documentary.October 18, 2012
I imagine Trump's idea of beauty is the antiseptic tackiness of the tinfoil towers he erects around the world.July 14, 2016
Earnest if rough-around-the-edges ...August 16, 2012
"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.August 03, 2012
The star is still Trump. Why this gigantic turd with legs remains the object of fascination to so many speaks unfortunate volumes about the plummeting IQ of the mass audience.July 29, 2012
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.October 05, 2012
You've Been Trumped follows the progress of Trump's monstrosity ... and it's a horror show to top anything you've ever seen in a Saturday night creature feature.December 02, 2012
Going into this film guarantees one thing: you will be provoked.July 25, 2012
Supremely entertaining documentary about the salt of the earth versus Satan.June 17, 2013
Anthony Baxter gives us a vivid documentary called You've Been Trumped that treats [Donald Trump] as a smooth, credible, inevitable historical force.August 03, 2012
Underdogs stand their ground in Anthony Baxter's modest but revealing doc.