A bold and unflinching look at sexual abuse.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 27, 2022

Empowering and enlightening. Trust is a film that every parent and teen should see - together.

| Nov 16, 2019

It is also moving, thoughtful and a lot more insightful than most of the dramas dealing with the issues it tackles.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 16, 2019

An excellent screenplay and fantastic performances make Trust one of the year's best films.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 3, 2013

A film that every parent and teenager ought to see.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 29, 2011

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| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 29, 2011

Schwimmer directs with sensitivity and restraint, and gets excellent performances from his cast. Owen pulls off some heart-wrenching scenes, although it's Liberato's revelatory performance as the emotionally confused teen that holds the film together.

| Aug 31, 2011

Schwimmer's matter-of-factness becomes a dose of bald reality in the second half of the film... two scenes of concentrated fury and anguish... are among Owen's best work ever.

| Jul 10, 2011

For the most part this is a well acted, intelligent attempt to explore a tough topic.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 10, 2011

Schwimmer directs with intelligence and a minimum of hysteria, deftly handling the shifts in atmosphere this creepy story requires.

| Jul 10, 2011

Even if it's a mite clunky, Trust does a decent job and avoids the regulation happy ending.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 8, 2011

A gripping, if at times melodramatic, family drama.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 8, 2011

This is a very good, thoughtful film and an important one.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 8, 2011

Trust centers around a horrible event, but it's the uncomfortable shades of grey - as well as the outstanding performances - which make it smart, original and utterly compelling.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 8, 2011

This is all very worthy and well acted but it does feel like a cautionary tale designed to provoke classroom debate.

| Jul 8, 2011

Great performances and an intelligent treatment of a hot topic. Profoundly moving.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 8, 2011

The whole section of the plot dealing with Will's shame and rage at failing to protect his child is hammily and unconvincingly acted.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 7, 2011

Liana Liberato is superb as the girl sinking by slow degrees into the "trust" of the title.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 7, 2011

Committed performances and a masterful first act bolster this structurally flawed handling of an impossibly tricky subject.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 7, 2011

Schwimmer, for all his film's limitations, deserves a lot of credit for finding a gifted actress the same age as his central character, and sculpting Liberato's blazing, wounded, needy and all-round award-level performance into the gem it is.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 7, 2011