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Trust (1990)

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Average rating: 80%
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Starring: Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan
Director: Hal Hartley
Run time: 90 mins
Certificate: TBC
User collections: My Personal Top 10, Obscure
Genres: Comedy
Released: unknown

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When spoiled cheerleader Maria gets pregnant, she finds herself on the street having been disowned by her parents. A chance encounter with an overeducated man will change all that...

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Rated - 5 starsCult classic in the making

carparksuperstar from London , 05/11/2005

Channel 4 had the foresight to show this film in the UK after limited release in progressive cinemas like the GFT and Curzon in Soho.

The first scenes are some of the best in cinema. You know you're not watching just another average film.

The acting is a cut above, the atmosphere, cinematography, direction...och, just rent it or buy it. Genius.

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Rated - 5 starsWonderful, and sadly overlooked, see it.

Baccante from Driffield , 01/07/2008

Trust might be described as a romantic comedy, but that would give you a terrible misconception as to what you'll find here. This is independent film making at it's finest, and a million miles away from hollywood shmaltz.

Maria is a typical teenager, obsessed with pimples, fashion and all those other things so important in youth, but when she falls unexpectedly pregnant events are set into motion that will change all that forever.

Mathew is a dysfunctional loner whose principles get in the way of his day to day life.

The story examines many things (human frailty, the ethics of abortion, the effects of bad parenting, the banality of life in the modern world, to name but a few) in it's tale of two outcasts, and what happens when they meet.

You can't help but fall in love with Trusts' two vulnerable protagonists, particularly if you're at odds with the world yourself. The piece is made even more poignant by the fact that star Adrienne Shelley was found murdered not too long ago. She'll be sadly missed .

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