- Network: FX
- Series Premiere Date: Mar 25, 2018
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Trust has all the trappings of an extraordinary period piece, led mostly by such details that highlight the outrageousness of the economically fortunate. Nevertheless, for all of its zesty pacing and Fraser’s best and largely successful efforts to steal every scene he’s in, there’s some core element of soul and feeling missing from it.
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Trust is at its most fascinating when it’s pondering wealth. ... The director’s less adept at offering reasons to care about what happens to [Getty III], which is the show’s main source of suspense. Getty III isn’t a brat, or even a devious manipulator. He’s not much at all.
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All the Money frequently felt truncated, its story too sprawling for any of its characters to really connect, only Plummer holding the story together; Trust, meanwhile, feels a little scattered and bulky, constantly distracted by whatever catches its fancy when it might be better off bearing down and focusing on a particular storyline.
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Part of the problem involves having Fraser speak directly to the camera, perhaps intended to be more "Fargo"-esque, but which winds up feeling just plain goofy.
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The show’s appealing performers and catchy look don’t yet outweigh its lack of cohesion and its readiness to fall back on platitudes about the corrosive effects of wealth. “All the Money in the World” was a character study, but so far “Trust” is more of a caricature.
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Trust is visually uncertain, but Boyle is quick to try to punch things up with a pounding rock soundtrack. And yet, even here the tone sometimes feels off.
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Swank--who arrives in the second episode--is the emotional core of Trust, also the only character with a functioning heart. In the early episodes, you never quite get to know her, and begin to wonder whether she’s worth the effort. But at least over those episodes, she is the reason to watch--the only one.
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The outcome of the kidnapping is known to history, and Trust struggles to mine the saga for new insights.
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There’s a vaguely pleasant handsomeness to the series but there’s no imagination and no sense whatsoever why it was important for Boyle or Beaufoy to lend their irrefutable talents to this thorny material.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 31
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Mixed: 5 out of 31
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Negative: 5 out of 31
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Apr 19, 2018
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May 28, 2018Best television since I don't know when -- and it gets better the further it goes! Episode 8 is particularly briiliant.
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Jul 24, 2018