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  • 1991
  • R
  • Fine Line Features
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 1991
  • R
  • Fine Line Features
  • 1 h 47 m

Summary Maria is a self-centered teenage suburban brat, until she gets pregnant by her un-loving quarterback boyfriend and gives her father a fatal heart attack. Matthew is a rowdy and disillusioned computer engineer with a vicious temper. Disowned by her devastated mom, dumped by her boyfriend, and shunned by her friends, Maria wanders the stre...

Directed By: Hal Hartley

Written By: Hal Hartley

  • 1991
  • R
  • Fine Line Features
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 1991
  • R
  • Fine Line Features
  • 1 h 47 m

Trust

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 5 User Ratings
8.4
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Summary Maria is a self-centered teenage suburban brat, until she gets pregnant by her un-loving quarterback boyfriend and gives her father a fatal heart attack. Matthew is a rowdy and disillusioned computer engineer with a vicious temper. Disowned by her devastated mom, dumped by her boyfriend, and shunned by her friends, Maria wanders the stre...

Directed By: Hal Hartley

Written By: Hal Hartley

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
67
68% Positive
15 Reviews
27% Mixed
6 Reviews
5% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
67
68% Positive
15 Reviews
27% Mixed
6 Reviews
5% Negative
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100
Hartley's spare dialogue cuts right to the characters' psyches; his terse, laconic style accentuates the everyday horror. [20 Sept 1991]
By Joan Anderman FULL REVIEW
80
Though Mr. Hartley's films are richly detailed, there are no frills or grace notes. Such work risks being too blunt, but Trust comes through.
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75
The faithful will appreciate [Hartley's] sharp, thoughtful dialogue, his sly humor and his utterly unpredictable plots. [06 Sep 1991]
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70
Trust is always interesting. And always interesting, as someone once said, is always good.
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67
There's a serious teen angst movie somewhere in all this as well as an unflinching look at suburbia.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
50
Drollness on screen can sometimes be had cheaply, but a perfect cast is tougher to bankroll. Hal Hartley's new comedy has both - enough to defuse the smugness that seems to linger in its soul. [15 Aug 1991]
By Mike Clark FULL REVIEW
25
Trust never lives up to its snappy opening. Everything is tongue-in-cheek here - yet it's never remotely clear what the point is or what's getting satirized. [16 Aug 1991]
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

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20% Mixed
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Production Company Channel Four Films, Republic Pictures (II), True Fiction Pictures, Zenith Entertainment
Release Date Jul 26, 1991
Duration 1 h 47 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline A slightly twisted comedy
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Awards

Deauville Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
São Paulo International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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