Trump sequel a losing hand
You’ve Been Trumped Too Cert PG
THERE are no fleas on this amiable comedy about a busker and a stray tomcat who becomes a YouTube sensation and publishing personality.
This modest odd-couple film with its message of hope and redemption is based on a true story.
Bob is rescued by homeless busker James, played by a scruffy and sympathetic Luke Treadaway, who charms shoppers in Covent Garden but fails to make enough money for food.
James has a catastrophic New Year’s Eve encounter with his estranged dad and there’s an all-too-brief appearance by an unusually glamorous Joanne Froggatt as a kind drug-support worker.
There are little interludes of Tom and Jerry- style capers and the camera occasionally gives us a Bob’s eye view.
The actors are engaging in a film to gently warm your heart on the run-up to Christmas. But the real star is Bob. THIS random, repetitive and hastily made documentary tries to give the US presidential election a Scottish accent.
This is Anthony Baxter’s sequel to his investigation into Donald Trump’s executive golf course in Aberdeenshire. But he struggles to move the story on.
The golf club is still there, the many promised jobs aren’t.
And 92-year-old Molly Forbes still hasn’t had a regular water supply since her pipeline was cut during the construction of the course in 2011.
Her son Michael is taken to the US to meet Trump supporters and describe his experiences.
In its best moments it raises important questions about the local authorities’ relationship with Trump’s business.
There’s plenty of anger and forthright Scots opinion, but no clear narrative or idea of what is hoped to be achieved.