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  • 2006
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  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
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Summary An unflinching yet winsome exploration of modern relationships -- and modern men and women -- in all of their humor, tragedy, imperfection and triumph, this sophisticated comedy follows the romantic escapades of two New York couples. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Directed By: Bart Freundlich

Written By: Bart Freundlich

  • 2006
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2006
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 43 m

Trust the Man

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 30 Critic Reviews
43
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.2
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Summary An unflinching yet winsome exploration of modern relationships -- and modern men and women -- in all of their humor, tragedy, imperfection and triumph, this sophisticated comedy follows the romantic escapades of two New York couples. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Directed By: Bart Freundlich

Written By: Bart Freundlich

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 30 Critic Reviews
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20% Positive
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67% Mixed
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13% Negative
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A smart, sharply observed, highly affable look at contemporary relationships that finally injects a little life in the stagnating genre.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
63
Its strength is its humor, which is half-"Seinfeld" and half-"Sex in the City." There's a reason why those shows ran for only 30 minutes each - it's difficult to sustain comedic momentum for longer, as becomes apparent here.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
50
Superficially entertaining romantic romp.
By Ruthe Stein FULL REVIEW
50
Trust the Man quickly begins to feel hopelessly derivative of other, better movies.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
42
It's possible that a smart, insightful, sharp-edged comedy could have been written around these characters, but Trust The Man isn't it.
By Chris Kaltenbach FULL REVIEW
40
Ms. Moore is nicely lighted, but she too is poorly served by Mr. Freundlich's unfunny, unfocused screenplay, which basically stitches together a series of short scenes of four people whining in various combinations.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
20
Writer-director Bart Freundlich (Moore's husband) has nothing to say and nowhere to go with this material, except to the most contrived ending this side of a "Will & Grace" episode.
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Production Company Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Major Studio Partners, Process Media, Trust the Man LLC
Release Date Aug 18, 2006
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating R
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Tagline He's doing the best he can
Website http://www.foxsearchlight.com/trusttheman/
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