Amazon.com: A much-loved cult favorite often overlooked by the mainstream, Trust is a hip, witty film that stretches the definition of a "romantic comedy." Hal Hartley's quirky, minimalist masterpiece--miles ahead of such later attempts as Amateur and Henry Fool--comes from the same school of offbeat character studies that launched better-known directors Jonathan Demme (Married to the Mob, Silence of the Lambs) and Whit Stillman (Metropolitan, The Last Days of Disco). Trust, like more conventional romances, tells the story of a blossoming relationship between two souls who are lost without each other--but the resemblance to ordinary love stories ends there. Matthew Slaughter (The Opposite of Sex's Martin Donovan) is a lovable, overeducated misanthrope (he always carries a hand grenade, as he says, "just in case..."). He's matched brilliantly with spoiled ex-cheerleader Maria Coughlin (Adrienne Shelly), a pregnant high-school dropout going through a full-blown existential crisis, largely because her allowance is being cut off. As their lives intersect, they are united by their bitter cynicism--twin pessimists condemned by their dysfunctional families and the shallow suburbanites around them ... and, despite their best efforts, destined for true romance. If you never thought brutally dry humor could be laugh-out-loud funny, then this is one movie you need to see. --Grant Balfour
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Beautiful and Original
The story centers around 2 people that fall in love and their dysfunctional family lives. Matthew, a gifted 30 something computer engineer and Maria, a spoiled naive teenager. Maria's boyfriend ends up ... Read More
Rating: - Respect + Admiration + Trust = Love
"this is a story about sex, love, tv, and...'an intoxicating romance'!"
(that's what the cover says) :-)
i saw this movie before it was released to the public, i have a promo screener ... Read More
Rating: - True Trust
I have always loved this movie. The recent passing of Adrienne Shelly at the the hands of an illegal immigrant shook me deeply. A needless waste to Anarchism and it's screed. Adrienne Shelly was beautiful and ... Read More
Rating: - so where's the DVD?
Strangely, at the time I write this, the DVD is not available in USA. Perhaps the added publicity given to Adrienne Shelley's acting career after her brutal murder will cause this to be rectified quickly.
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Rating: - Trust
Strange but interesting saga of a young high school girl (played by Adrienne Shelly), who at the beginning of the movie is pregnant. She leaves home after having a falling out with her father, encounters the ... Read More
- Beautiful and Original
- Respect + Admiration + Trust = Love