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A family is devastated by a crime committed against a teenage girl in this drama. Annie (Liana Liberato) is 14 years old and growing up in a suburb of Chicago. Annie's parents, Will (Clive Owen) and L... read more read more...ynn (Catherine Keener), are loving, but they've been busy with her older brother, Peter (Spencer Curnutt), who is heading off to college, so she spends a lot of time on-line chatting with a boy she met on the Internet, Charlie. Annie has developed a powerful crush on Charlie, and when he asks her to meet face to face, she eagerly agrees. However, Annie is startled to discover that Charlie isn't 16 years old, as she was led to believe, but in his mid-thirties (Chris Henry Coffey), and when he talks her into stopping by his hotel room, he sexually assaults her. Humiliated, Annie confides to a friend what happened, and eventually the police are notified; it turns out that "Charlie" is a sex offender they've been tracking for months. While Annie is devastated by the experience, her family is just as shocked by what happened, particularly Will, who becomes grimly obsessed with finding the man who raped his daughter. Trust was directed by actor-turned-filmmaker David Schwimmer, representing a significant change from the comedies that made his name. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Directed by: David Schwimmer

Release Date: April 1, 2011

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  • xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    March 26, 2012
    xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    What took her family years to build, a stranger stole in an instant.

    Very good important film! Terrific performances from everyone involved. The plot was just very well made. Scary good is the best way I can describe this movie. You'll walk away knowing you just saw something im... read moreportant and you'll immediately want to take steps to make sure it doesn't happen to you. Go see it.!

    In Chicago, the fourteen-year-old Annie lives with her family in the suburb and she has been chatting in a teen chat room in Internet with the sixteen year-old Charlie. When they get close to each other, Charlie tells that he is actually twenty years old. They schedule to meet each other but when Annie meets Charlie, she realizes that he is about thirty-five years old and is disappointed. However, she is seduced by Charlie and loses her virginity to her "boyfriend" in a motel. Her best friend Brittany tells to the school counselor about the relationship of Annie with an older man and the teenager is sent to medical examination. Her parents Will and Lynn are visited by the FBI Agent Doug Tate that is in charge of the investigation. The family is torn apart and while Lynn supports her daughter, Will becomes obsessed to find the sexual predator.
  • blacksheepboy
    January 26, 2012
    blacksheepboy
    Schwimmer directs this disquieting drama with remarkable confidence and control over the material in his hands, never letting the plot become exploitative or trivial. He really makes us empathize with the characters, but the third act gives in to some unnecessary conflicts and th... read moree resolution is a bit cliché.
  • jamers2011
    December 5, 2011
    jamers2011
    Wow! Well done film. Excellent performances all around, but especially from Liana Liberato and Clive Owen; solid directorial effort by David Schwimmer as well. Good script!

    What a brave film! This is such a hard topic to talk about but more so to capture on film without being to... read moreo preachy. This could have been a mess but director David Schwimmer does a fantastic job of holding everything together along with his excellent cast of actors. The first half of the film was absolutely fantastic...about mid way through though some plot elements came into play that almost held this film back, but the movie stayed focused and did not lose sight of what the most important element of the story was.

    I thought this was really good. Hopefully more people see this film as the year goes on since it seems like not too many have seen it. I think it's one of the best so far this year and has many great performances.
  • blkbomb
    October 11, 2011
    blkbomb
    Gail Friedman: We can't control what happens to us or our loved ones.

    First off, David Schwimmer did a masterful job with Trust; tackling a film that most wouldn't want to touch. The way he dealt with the subject was realistic and powerful. The content is disturbing in itself an... read mored Schwimmer didn't try to hard to exploit the subject. He presented the tragedy as it would occur in real life, without adding elements of Hollywood tearjerkers. The material is enough to bring tears to anyones eyes and he knew that.

    The acting in Trust could not have been better. I'm a big Catherine Keener fan and her performance as the mother of Annie may be her best performance. Clive Owen gives a remarkable performance. You can just feel the intensity in his character rising as the film moves along. Then there is Liana Liberato. What a performance. It's hard to think of a harder role for an actress as young as she is to play. She pulls it off to perfection. 

    The movies subject is as relevant now as it has ever been or will ever be. With the rise in social networking and the amounts of kids with access to the Internet; not to mention all the sick fucks there are in the world, stories like this are inevitable. Trust shows two sides of this disturbing relationship. First there is the obvious one; the predator. The guy who goes online, searching for young girls that he can manipulate easily. Then there is the actual victim. It is hard to watch a young, innocent girl fall for this guys trickery. And it is actually happening. What would make a girl get in a car with a guy 20-some years older than herself? Is the next generation losing self-respect, or just their common sense? This is an underlying theme. It doesn't directly ask these questions, but as a viewer I can't help asking them because I see way too often in real life. 

    Trust is an extremely hard movie to watch at times, but it is also a compelling drama that glues your eyes to the screen. It is impossible to look away. After the movie ends and the credits start to roll; Schwimmer shows us the most disturbing and chilling part of the whole movie; also, the most important part of the movie. We have this preconceived theory that all sexual predators are easy to spot; that they are uneducated and outcasts. They couldn't be our neighbor or co-worker because that guy is normal. With this last little handheld camera work, Schwimmer shows us that it could be that "normal" guy that you know. It could be anyone. 

    This is the most important movie of the year and is a must watch, despite its disturbing material. 
  • CloudStrife84
    September 13, 2011
    CloudStrife84
    David Schwimmer, known best to us as "Ross" in Friends, gives us unquestionable testimony here that he's not only a competent actor, but also a force to be reckoned with behind the camera as well. In this unsettling and incredibly powerful drama, about a young girl fallin... read moreg victim to the malicious intents of an internet predator, we get insight to an occurence that is terrifyingly real and sadly not uncommon. Especially as it could happen to anyone not careful enough about their social activities on the web. Stories of this kind are very hard to get right, but Schwimmer gets his message through, without ever being too obvious or oversimplifying. It's all handed very naturally, which in the end separates it from the clichés of the subgenre. You may therefore watch this without any concern of feeling preached to. Because where other, less ambitious films may take the easy way out, this one delves far more deeply into the subject as a whole, as well as the emotions of its intricately written characters. A great beginning no doubt, to a directing career that is bound to have a very bright future ahead
  • LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    August 29, 2011
    LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    "People get hurt. There's only so much we can do to protect ourselves, our children. The only thing we can do is be there for each other when we do fall down to pick each other up."

    A teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.

    ... read moretury Schoolbook">REVIEW
    Trust is a laundry checklist of everything that could happen after an underage teen is raped by a man 20 years older than she. If you infer an ironic tone, you'd be right because presenting all the possible reactions and actions to a rape is not always dramatically the best action. Too much already. Director David Schwimmer of Friends fame does a credible job establishing an authenticity about the rape but less so when showing the family before the act as so happy as to be almost nauseatingly unreal. Fortunately Schwimmer has Clive Owen as the father, Will Cameron, and Catherine Keener as mother, Lynn Cameron.

    These veterans could make ice feel warm, and Owen as the troubled father anchors the film in credulity. What saves this film from cliché hell is the dogged adherence to authenticity about the circumstances of the violation, from the universal ambivalence of the teen, Annie (Liana Liberato), with her neuroses about her looks and her desire to be favored by the in-crowd to her cluelessness about how ordinary people cope with anonymous predators. But the real dramatic action comes with Owens' spot-on take of father Will Cameron, whose ad-exec life has had him in control of his life and his family. Not so after the rape, which leaves him vulnerable to anger with his daughter and revenge on the rapist. It's Will who makes us think about our own reactions to such a tragedy, torn as we might be between justice and vigilantism.
  • MovieGeek13
    August 21, 2011
    MovieGeek13
    Trust is one of the most difficult movies you will sit through. It is made by people who understand the subject matter and the psychological states of the kinds of people involved in such a tragedy. The horror of the situation, the real damage that has been done, isn't so much th... read moree act of rape - which is despicable enough - but what comes afterward: the mental anguish, the self hatred, and the inability of others to really understand what you must now live the rest of your life with.
    A long way from his Ross Gellar days, director David Schwimmer directs this film with a deliberately slow pace and shots that don't necessarily sympathize with any one character. Some shots take the perspective of Annie, the young impressionable 16 year old girl who is raped by a pedophile, but the bulk of the movie passes over with an objective gaze. It sympathies with few people, including Annie. Music is barely used, and the staging of the scenes keeps the action at the forefront, with most of the mise en scene blurred into the background.
    This is the, IMO, the best way to shoot this kind of film. We will automatically sympathize with the family because of what has been done to them. But Trust is not so much after sympathy than to show how negligent parenting, teen loneliness, the internet, the disturbing nature of sex offenders, and childish innocence all contribute to this heartbreaking outcome. There is no easy resolution. When you're dealing with a rape victim, the damage has already been done and the only thing left to do then is to treat that woman with as much compassion as you can and hope they can move past it. Forget about the criminal; if he's caught, he's caught, but that doesn't change what happened. The film leaves you wondering, could this have been prevented and if so, how?
  • LWOODS04
    August 21, 2011
    LWOODS04
    Cast: Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato, Jason Clarke, Viola Davis, Noah Emmerich, Brandon Molale, Nicole Forester, Noah Crawford, Chris Henry Coffey

    Director: David Schwimmer

    Summary: After curious and vulnerable teenager Annie (Liana Liberato) falls into a tr... read moreap set by an online sexual predator, her family begins to disintegrate, uncertain how to cope with such a devastating tragedy. Utterly consumed by rage, her father (Clive Owen) sets out seeking vengeance.

    My Thoughts: "I knew not only watching this film but even trying to review it was going to be difficult. It is a subject that hits very close to home for me. I see how some wouldn't understand how naive Annie could be and is in her feelings or I should say mixed feelings. The film is perfectly titled 'Trust'. Cause that is why she is feeling all those mixed feelings. Here is a person she shared a lot with, who was giving her the attention she was wanting and not receiving elsewhere, and most importantly made her believe he loved her, so therefore lies the 'Trust'. Being a young girl at the ripe age of thirteen is a confusing time as it is for a young boy as well. So when it takes Annie the time it took for her to understand what has happened, I am not surprised and not at all in disbelief of it. It of course seems obvious to most, but most viewing the film are not young thirteen year olds who have been in this position. All she was feeling was correct and that is what is so hard for her father to understand. This film shows just how easy it is for a young girl or boy to be misguided into trusting someone that you know they shouldn't. Annie refuses to see truth because she doesn't want to accept what has happened or accept the role she had in it. That just goes to show you how easy it is for a 'Charlie' to manipulate a young girl and play on her insecurities and make her feel bad for how she's feeling. This film is no after school special or life time flick. This is a real film in the sense that it does not sugar coat the details or the truth in the situation. It is played out in the most realistic way which is refreshing. The ending credits is a great reminder of that. The acting is fantastic by all but especially by Liana Liberato. She was so excellent at portraying all the emotions. She's a great young actress. The film is a nightmare where the monster is very real and that can very much come true, which makes it even more frightening. Kudos to David Schwimmer for making such a raw and honest film. He did an amazing job."
  • YLOWBSTARDreturns
    August 14, 2011
    YLOWBSTARDreturns
    Powerful, emotionally vulnerable performances are the heart and soul of David Schwimmer's "TRUST," an outstanding realist drama dealing with online deception and the "rape" of a young teen.

    In the wrong hands, a premise such as this could have been exploitative and preachy, but... read more Schwimmer plays it straight and focus' most on the father (Clive Owen in award-worthy form) trying to deal with the situation, the victim (Liana Liberato) not quite grasping if she was the target of a predator or not, and the mother (Catherine Keener) who seems to keep her feelings hidden untill she unleashes them on her husband in volcanic ways. This all leads to a riveting family dynamic that make up a bulk of the film and is played out in the most intense and unpredictable way. The film never resorts to shlock tactics (such as an "inevitable confrontation"), but instead opts for a fitting ending with a last-minute kicker that doesn't undermine everything that came before it.

    Trust is one of the best films of the year. Schwimmer followed up his last (comedic) directorial effort with a much darker, disturbing one, and in turn has become a filmmaker worthy of praise. Keep an eye out for what he does next.
  • shawnewing92
    August 4, 2011
    shawnewing92
    A horrific drama that educates on the dangers of sexual predators. It's made quite clear that the person you may be chatting to online may not be who he/she says to be, and the after effects of a sexual assault can be sickening. The acting and story is mostly decent, but the endi... read moreng is a little abrupt.

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Mick LaSalle
April 21, 2011
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Audiences most definitely will squirm and wish they were anywhere but in the theater, despite the fact that it features some of Clive Owen's best work and a startling movie debut by the 15-year-old Li... Full Review

Peter Rainer
April 8, 2011
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

What Trust conveys, at its best, is that ultimately parental protections are not foolproof, and that is the greatest horror of all. Full Review

Lisa Schwarzbaum
April 6, 2011
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

Schwimmer directs this smarmy Hot Topic drama with empathy for the craft of acting but less interest in the craft of making a movie move. Full Review

Joe Neumaier
April 1, 2011
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

Prurient, ham-handed and amateurish. Full Review

J. R. Jones
April 1, 2011
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

I must admit [Schwimmer's] done a solid job with this queasy drama. Full Review

Kyle Smith
April 1, 2011
Kyle Smith, New York Post

The script is blaring and obvious at all times, and in his second directorial effort, David Schwimmer doesn't have a clue how dull it is for the audience to endure scene after scene of anguish, crying... Full Review

Mary F. Pols
April 1, 2011
Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine

There is no denying that Schwimmer knows something about getting a performance out of an actor. Liberato, who is 15 now, is flat-out terrific. Full Review

Jeannette Catsoulis
March 31, 2011
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

The mantle of social relevance can be a heavy one, but "Trust," a smooth drama about a girl's seduction and rape by a middle-aged Internet predator, is neither preachy nor hysterically overreaching. Full Review

Gary Goldstein
March 31, 2011
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

Unfortunately, this well-acted cautionary tale is hampered by a lack of visual finesse and a script (by Andy Bellin and Robert Festinger) in need of a narrative rethink and a dialogue polish. Full Review

Roger Ebert
March 31, 2011
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It's easy to imagine how this story could have been exploited and dumbed down. It works instead with intelligence and sympathy. Full Review

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