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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversWithin its small, darkly funny range, Trust is an exceptional film that stays alert to the mysteries of love.
- 80The New York TimesThe New York TimesThough Mr. Hartley's films are richly detailed, there are no frills or grace notes. Such work risks being too blunt, but Trust comes through.
- 75TV Guide MagazineEthan AlterTV Guide MagazineEthan AlterTrust is stylishly photographed and crammed with quirky, offbeat incidents and dialogue.
- 70VarietyVarietyLong Island filmaker Hal Hartley progresses from his debut feature, The Unbelievable Truth to this bleak, off-center comedy about dysfunctional families in working class suburbia.
- 70Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonHe's made two features, "The Unbelievable Truth" and now Trust, and both are cool, strikingly original case studies of middle-class anomie.
- Trust is always interesting. And always interesting, as someone once said, is always good.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThere's a serious teen angst movie somewhere in all this as well as an unflinching look at suburbia.
- 60TimeTimeAnother fond sketch of losers from the down-scale version of Woody Allen.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertHal Hartley is on his way to creating a distinctive film world, and although Trust is not a successful film, you can see his vision at work, and it's intriguing.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanTrust, the cult-movie view turns precious and smug.