Trust
Millennium Entertainment | Release Date: April 1, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
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3
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertMar 31, 2011
David Schwimmer has made one of the year's best films: Powerfully emotional, yes, but also very perceptive. Read full review
88
ObserverUna LaMarcheMar 29, 2011
Despite extremely unpleasant material, he (Schwimmer) coaxes subtle, incredible performances from his cast and builds a tense, arresting narrative. Read full review
85
MovielineMichelle OrangeApr 3, 2011
One of the most chilling things about Trust is how well it lays out the grooming strategies used by expert predators. Read full review
83
Portland OregonianShawn LevyMay 6, 2011
A diabolically well-made film about a 14-year-old girl who's raped by a pedophile who grooms her with online chats and sexts. Read full review
80
Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondMar 30, 2011
With a sterling cast and an emotionally powerful performance from newcomer Liana Liberato, Trust packs a real dramatic punch. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleApr 21, 2011
Features some of Clive Owen's best work and a startling movie debut by the 15-year-old Liana Liberato. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerApr 3, 2011
What Trust conveys, at its best, is that ultimately parental protections are not fullproof, and that is the greatest horror of all. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesApr 7, 2011
"A Film by David Schwimmer" is not the sort of credit that fills me with anticipation, but I must admit he's done a solid job with this queasy drama about the rape of a 12-year-old Wilmette girl. Read full review
70
TimeMary PolsApr 3, 2011
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. Shifting fluidly from demure to sullen and damaged, she is tremendously compelling. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMar 31, 2011
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. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumApr 7, 2011
David 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. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMar 31, 2011
His (Schwimmer) film deserves some attention for the remarkable performance from Liana Liberato as Annie. Read full review
60
Village VoiceNick PinkertonMar 29, 2011
"Afterschool Special" stuff, but the ensemble rings quite true in their coping processes, as director David Schwimmer proves adept at tracking rogue emotions that no closing "Ordinary People" clench can satisfactorily resolve. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinMar 31, 2011
Unfortunately, this well-acted cautionary tale is hampered by a lack of visual finesse and a script in need of a narrative rethink and a dialogue polish. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNathan RabinMar 31, 2011
With a little tweaking, this easily could have veered into grindhouse exploitation or mindless wish-fulfillment, but Schwimmer's detached, theatrical approach to his material makes it is more cerebral than visceral, and more Steppenwolf Theatre than Charles Bronson. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle SmithApr 1, 2011
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 Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierApr 1, 2011
Trust - a drama about the dangers of teen sexting and online predators - plays as prurient, ham-handed and amateurish. Read full review
20
Time OutEric HynesMar 29, 2011
Schwimmer is so committed to telling grim truths about modern living (whither goes humanity in the age of Twitter and sexting?!?) that he abandons the film's tantalizing slide into B-movie exploitation. Read full review
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