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TRUST Review

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: April 1st, 2011 at 9:05 am

Cautionary tales make for poor stories.  They prey on our fears rather than explore them and we can’t do much afterwards other than say, “Yep.  I probably shouldn’t sleep with danger.”  Instead, the richer drama comes from the characters who find their way into such a tale and discover the real emotions rather than just hold up warning signs.  Trust is at its best when director David Schwimmer gives his film over to his wonderful lead actors and lets them play out the genuine heartbreak and anger that occurs when tragedy strikes.  Unfortunately, Schwimmer never seems to believe in his story enough to let the performances carry the day and instead resorts to cheap tricks and unnecessary hand holding which turns the film from a powerful family drama into an episode of To Catch a Predator.

David Schwimmer Interview TRUST

by Christina Radish    Posted: March 30th, 2011 at 11:50 am

In the drama Trust, directed by David Schwimmer, 14-year-old Annie (Liana Liberato) makes a new friend online that she thinks is a 16-year-old boy named Charlie. Even though her parents (Clive Owen and Catherine Keener) think their daughter spends too much time chatting online, at first it seems like a harmless connection, sharing volleyball tips in a chat room. After it becomes much more, Annie then starts to realize that Charlie is not who he claims to be, but still agrees to meet him in person, which results in events so traumatic that it forever changes the lives of the entire family.

At the film’s press day, actor/director David Schwimmer talked about his interest in such a disturbing but very real subject, the importance of casting an actress that was age appropriate to play Annie, the affect that the Internet has had on children and teenagers, and how, even though he loves acting, he also loves the opportunity to be the storyteller, at times. Check out what he had to say after the jump:

Trailer for TRUST Starring Clive Owen and Catherine Keener

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 8th, 2011 at 2:21 pm

The domestic trailer for Trust has gone online.  It’s better than the promo trailer for the film since it moves away from the revenge-thriller angle and sets up the movie more as an emotional family drama.  Unfortunately, it still feels a bit too much like a Dateline piece and at any moment Chris Hansen might come in and ask someone to take a seat.  I’m holding out hope for the flick even though it received a lukewarm response when it played at the Toronto Film Festival.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer.  Trust stars Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato, Jason Clarke, and Viola Davis.  It opens April 1st.

New Release Dates for BEASTLY and TRUST

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: January 13th, 2011 at 7:27 pm

Beastly was originally slotted for release last July, but CBS Films pushed it to 2011 so High School Musical fans would not be forced to choose between Beastly‘s Vanessa Hudgens and Charlie St. Cloud‘s Zac Efron.  The studio is moving Beastly once again — this time in the opposite direction.  Led by Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer, Beastly will open two weeks early on March 4th where it faces The Adjustment Bureau, Apollo 18, Rango, and Take Me Home Tonight.

Box Office Mojo reports Millennium Entertainment has scheduled their first release, Trust, for April 1st.  Trust stars Clive Owen and Catherine Keener, and is one of three limited releases to open on the date alongside Super and Rubber.  Hit the jump for synopses of both films.

Posters for TRUST, MEGAMIND, and LOVE & OTHER DRUGS

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 8th, 2010 at 9:39 am

Posters for three upcoming movies have hit the interwebs this morning.  First up is the poster for the David Schwimmer-directed drama Trust.  It’s a pretty ballsy poster when you consider it doesn’t show the faces of its lead actors Clive Owen and Catherine Keener.  Then again, it also doesn’t tell you what the movie is about (parents, played by Owen and Keener, deal with the rape of their daughter by an online predator).

We also have three character posters for the animated supervillain comedy Megamind.  Finishing up, there’s the poster the Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway romantic-comedy-Parkinsons-disease-drama Love & Other Drugs.  Hit the jump to check out all of the posters.  Trust will screen at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.  Megamind opens November 5th.  Love & Other Drugs will be released on November 24th.

Promo Trailers for TRUST Starring Clive Owen and Catherine Keener, and BARNEY’S VERSION Starring Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 2nd, 2010 at 12:38 pm

Promo trailers for David Schwimmer’s Trust and Richard J. Lewis’ Barney’s Version have popped up online.  Both films will be playing at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from September 9 – 19th.  Trust is an intense-looking drama about parents (Clive Owen and Catherine Keener) dealing with the rape of their 14-year-old daughter.  The trailer is strong stuff (although it seems to verge away from real emotions at times and pushes a revenge-thriller angle that seems phony), but I think people are going to write it off because Schwimmer’s name is attached.  I wonder if he walks down the street and people shout at him, “Hey, Ross!  What’s going on with you and Rachel!” and he’s forced to answer, “We got together at the end of the show when I forced her to choose between me and her career!  And no, Matt Goldberg did not own all ten seasons of Friends at one point in his life!”  (Schwimmer speaks in half-truths.)

I also dig the trailer for the significantly more lighthearted Barney’s Version starring Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Drive, Rachelle Lefevre, and Dustin Hoffman.  It’s got some good jokes, a fun premise, and it looks like Giamatti and Hoffman have great chemistry.  Hit the jump to check out the trailer and synopsis for each film.

Clive Owen and Catherine Keener Will TRUST David Schwimmer’s Directing

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 14th, 2009 at 10:09 pm

If you told me thirty minutes ago that Clive Owen and Catherine Keener would be starring in a movie directed by David Schwimmer, I would have thought you were trying to tell the worst/strangest lie ever.  And then THR reported that Schwimmer was directing Owen and Keener in a film called “Trust”.  And then Steve told me that we had inadvertently reported on this last week.  So there’s really not more for me to do but repeat the synopsis and crack a couple jokes.

“Trust” tells the story of a family blindsided when their teenage daughter becomes a victim of an online sexual predator.   Schwimmer pitched this story many times to the “Friends” producers but all they wanted to talk about is whether or not Ross and Rachel should get back together.  No word yet if this movie could also serve as an origin story for Chris Hansen where he was too late…too late.

Promo Posters for Nicolas Cage’s DRIVE ANGRY, David Schwimmer’s TRUST, and Marcus Nispel’s CONAN

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: October 8th, 2009 at 12:20 pm

With this being a slow news day, I was waiting for almost any story to enter my inbox. But thanks to a reader named Max, who pointed me to the Nu Image website, I’m sharing some early promo artwork for Nicolas Cage’s “Drive Angry”, David Schwimmer’s “Trust”, and Marcus Nispel’s “Conan”. But before you think these posters are final, or this means the projects are definitely happening, let me say this is most likely artwork being used as a placeholder on their website. Also, on David Schwimmer’s IMDB page, there is no mention of “Trust”, and when I spoke to Clive Owen at TIFF, he said nothing about it. So who knows if that project is moving forward. Add to that, while “Conan” has been talked about forever as Marcus Nispel’s next project, news has been quiet, and this poster says 2009. So saying all that, I still think the posters are worth looking at. Hit the jump for synopsis’ and the posters.

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