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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 Liana Liberato.
What Trust conveys, at its best, is that ultimately parental protections are not foolproof, and that is the greatest horror of all.
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.
Prurient, ham-handed and amateurish.
I must admit [Schwimmer's] done a solid job with this queasy drama.
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 and screaming matches.
A film that every parent and teenager ought to see.
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Schwimmer directs with sensitivity and restraint, and gets excellent performances from his cast. Owen pulls off some heart-wrenching scenes, although it's Liberato's revelatory performance as the emotionally confused teen that holds the film together.
Schwimmer's matter-of-factness becomes a dose of bald reality in the second half of the film... two scenes of concentrated fury and anguish... are among Owen's best work ever.
For the most part this is a well acted, intelligent attempt to explore a tough topic.
Schwimmer directs with intelligence and a minimum of hysteria, deftly handling the shifts in atmosphere this creepy story requires.
Even if it's a mite clunky, Trust does a decent job and avoids the regulation happy ending.
A gripping, if at times melodramatic, family drama.
This is a very good, thoughtful film and an important one.
Trust centers around a horrible event, but it's the uncomfortable shades of grey - as well as the outstanding performances - which make it smart, original and utterly compelling.
This is all very worthy and well acted but it does feel like a cautionary tale designed to provoke classroom debate.
Great performances and an intelligent treatment of a hot topic. Profoundly moving.
The whole section of the plot dealing with Will's shame and rage at failing to protect his child is hammily and unconvincingly acted.
Liana Liberato is superb as the girl sinking by slow degrees into the "trust" of the title.
Committed performances and a masterful first act bolster this structurally flawed handling of an impossibly tricky subject.
Schwimmer, for all his film's limitations, deserves a lot of credit for finding a gifted actress the same age as his central character, and sculpting Liberato's blazing, wounded, needy and all-round award-level performance into the gem it is.
Owen and Keener give excellent performances, while newcomer Liberato is a significant find. Yet for all its power and understatement, Trust is only a few clicks away from sexploitation.
Any parent of a teenage child, but especially those fully aware of how technology is opening doors to strange places like never before, will find Trust a deeply disturbing watch.
It may not change your life, but it may just make you wonder what your child is up to on that computer, and just who he or she is "talking" to.
An exercise in sober drama and a middle-class cautionary tale which explores a family ripped up by the roots after the rape of a 14-year-old girl.
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