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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302278835
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 630227883X
Label: Republic Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageAnalog
Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Republic Pictures
Release Date: June 23, 1995
Running Time: 107 minutes
Studio: Republic Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1991
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Editorial Review:
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
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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 getting her pregnant and not wanting anything to do with her, she drops out of school, her mother is controlling, her fathers dead and shes basically hit rock bottom. Matthew has similiar problems with his father. His fathers abusive and Matthew has somewhat of a suicial streak. During all this, These two end up stumbling upon eachother and eventually falling in love...though its not your typical courtship. Its more of a reluctant meeting of the minds. 2 misfits who just happened to come across eachother at the perfect time. They soon learn a lot about eachother while confronting their inner demons and issues while 'changing' eachother for the better.
What makes the film good is not so much the plot but the interaction between the characters. It shares a similar theme/humor with ... Read More
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"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 copy that scrolls writing across the bottom of the screen all the way through the movie...
but i enjoy this movie so much, that i don't even notice the annoying scrolling...
this is, one of those strange, satirical, dark comedies, yet such brutal honesty reflecting life, that...well...
makes ya cry and laugh at the same time.
just love mathew slaughter...reminds me of myself back in the same time period...the seriousness, the internal anger, the 'dangerousness' and the sincerity all at once.
i think this movie works best when viewed alone or with a close partner or spouse...it doesn't quite work in a busy room or with friends over...
of course, extremely sincere individuals will probably love this movie, while ones who are sincerely ... Read More
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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 a part of Americana that must not be missed. Hal Hartly is the maker of this and other great American films.
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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.
Shelley and Donovan had hipness and chemistry and a great style. It's a minimalist film, but it lingers with you.
Watching Hal Hartley's Trust for the second time 15 years later is exhilarating and somewhat disappointing. The characters are contrived and overintellectualized, and the conflict between parent and child here doesn't ring true (it seems to have the usual bitterness of college sophomores). Also the gestures and dialogue are stagy and slightly pretentious. Never mind that; you're missing the point. The film is not aiming at realism; it's aiming at conveying the emotional turbulence of young adult struggling to break free from the orbit of their parents.
Plot and incident flow naturally and often end up in unexpected places. There's lots of surprises, ... Read More
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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 disheartened Rachel (who may be a babynapper), and then meets Matthew (Martin Donovan), a mechanical genius who can't stand the shoddy workmanship in today's products and who carries a hand grenade with him just in case he wants to commit suicide. They help each other out, especially regarding their sadistic parents, and decide to get married - which doesn't quite work out, thanks to her plotting mother and her deciding to have an abortion anyway.
The tone and presentation of the characters and their actions are very unemotional and deadpan - sort of like RAISING ARIZONA, but without the comic punch. In fact, everything in the movie is so aloof and detached that we almost begin to think the director (Hal Hartley) doesn't care what the audience thinks: it's as if he can't be bothered ... Read More
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