Trust

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Trust

R

2011

1h 46m

Mystery & Thriller

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A man (Clive Owen) has difficulty coping with the knowledge that his 14-year-daughter (Liana Liberato) was assaulted by a sexual predator she met in an online chat room.

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Critics Consensus

Director David Schwimmer gets some gut-wrenching performances out of his actors but he still lacks the chops to fully ratchet up story tension.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Jul 8, 2011

3/5

Even if it's a mite clunky, Trust does a decent job and avoids the regulation happy ending.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Jul 7, 2011

2/5

The whole section of the plot dealing with Will's shame and rage at failing to protect his child is hammily and unconvincingly acted.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Jul 7, 2011

4/5

Liana Liberato is superb as the girl sinking by slow degrees into the "trust" of the title.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 27, 2022

4.5/5

A bold and unflinching look at sexual abuse.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Nov 16, 2019

Empowering and enlightening. Trust is a film that every parent and teen should see - together.

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

Feb 16, 2019

B+

It is also moving, thoughtful and a lot more insightful than most of the dramas dealing with the issues it tackles.

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Iain W

@RT81164875 Sep 4, 2026

This film does a decent attempt at showing the dangers of online grooming, and is an uncomfortable watch at times as a result. It seems to be trying to draw some parallels with the youth of some advertising models, and the penchant some older men have for younger women (the bar scene), but doesn't really seek any payoff for these ideas and they could have just as easily been left out. Some things are a bit up-in-the-air - the father stealing evidence to support his own investigations, and there being no punishment feels like something which slipped through. Overall the film manages to reach it's conclusion without feeling rushed - characters get to their final outlook sensibly, and the film doesn't try to end with a happy ending which is good. Maybe not a great movie, but these days it is perhaps one for teenagers to be shown.

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Michael P

@TheeMichael-jai Mar 17, 2026

Unsettling and terribly uncomfortable.

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Tim B.

@SlimTim0707 Jan 21, 2026

Trust isn't really a thriller. It's more of a drama that explores deeply unsettling subject matter that is very rooted in reality, especially at that time when effective independent predator catching groups had yet to emerge. The movie is well written and Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, and Liana Liberato all deliver solid performances. There also seems to be some subliminal messaging drawing parallels between the subject matter and the model industry Clive Owen's character works for. Trust should be judged as a film and not by how good or satisfied you feel at the end of it.

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Ronald H

@RT44372985 May 25, 2025

The main lesson derived from this melodramatic, histrionic mess is that teenagers are idiots.

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May 13, 2025

The predator guy was super annoying. She didn't even like when she found out he was 20. But 25 and really old r ok? And an old guy going after a 14 yo was too weird.

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Deana W

@RT01677414 Apr 4, 2025

Clive Owen’s character was so annoying. The guy thought he was being helpful. It would have been better if from another perspective.

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Synopsis

A man (Clive Owen) has difficulty coping with the knowledge that his 14-year-daughter (Liana Liberato) was assaulted by a sexual predator she met in an online chat room.

Director: David Schwimmer
Producer: David Schwimmer, Robert Greenhut, Heidi Jo Markel, Tom Hodges, Dana Golomb, Ed Cathell III
Screenwriter: Andy Bellin, Robert Festinger
Distributor: Millennium Films
Production Co: Nu Image
Rating: R (Language|Disturbing Material|Rape of a Teen|Sexual Content|Some Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 1, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 26, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $58.2K
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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