10s Movie Review - Trust

Director: David Schwimmer
Genre: Drama/ Thriller
Runtime: 106 minutes
Year: 2010
Starring: Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberator, Jason Clarke, Viola Davis, Chris Henry Coffey, Noah Emmerich, Brandon Molale, Nicole Forester, Noah Crawford, Jordan Trovillion, Chameria Law, Gordon Michaels, Sarah Kamoo, Garrett Ryan, Zanny Laird

Description: A teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.

Review: The internet and social media have changed the way people communicate with each other. It offers us numerous new opportunities. Unfortunately, the same is true for sexual predators. They use chat sites to contact minors under a false name. Director David Schwimmer’s “Trust” shows how an internet pedophile uses the internet to gain the trust of fourteen-year-old Annie and turn her into a victim. And how her trust and that of her parents subsequently appear to be irreparably damaged.
The Cameron family is an example of a happy American family. Until Annie falls in love with Charlie whom she met through teenchat.com. After several months of innocent communication through chat sites and text messages, Annie decides to answer Charlie’s request to meet up on a weekend her parents are not home. Annie is initially shocked when Charlie turns out to have lied about his age and who he is, but unfortunately she I no match for his dirty games. Annie allows herself to get carried away much further than she really wants to. Everyone then deals with the tragic incident in their own way. Mother Lynn does not know what to do while Annie continues to believe in Charlie’s comments and promises and her father Will resolutely begins a search of his own.
The cast is really strong, especially Clive Owen. The film overall, looks a bit flat. But David Schwimmer as a director really did a good job with “Trust”.

Rating: 3/ 5