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Hal Hartley s Trust tells the dark comic take of an unlikely romance between a well-meaning yet thoughtless pregnant teenage (Adrienne Shelly) and a frustrated young man (martin Donovan) This sets the scene for a tale of uneasy romance, but within it s small, dark funny range, TRUST is an exceptional film that stays alert to the mysteries of love. This is the first time Trust has been available in the UK on DVD. SPECIAL FEATURES: Making of Documentary, Trailer
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
So I've given the film five stars. You'd expect a glowing review. And you'd be right. But only because in the world of Hal Hartley, if you're to see one film, then choose this one. Hartley can have a habit of repeating itself. The first four films are undoubtly the best and since 'Amateur' you might be forgiven for feeling you've seen it all before. The themes may change but the language of his films doesn't. So trust me. Before you become immune to the Hartley way of seeing things and his coversations restrict rather than liberate, then watch this one; compact, amusing, thoughtful, sharp, deadpan and with a Martin Dovavan whose grumpiness only makes you love him more.
Oh, and for Adrianne Shelley, who sadly is no longer with us.
Oh, and for Adrianne Shelley, who sadly is no longer with us.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It's simple. Trust. And yet it is the hardest thing to do.
Trust in others. Trust in yourself.
The characters that are forced into each others lives in this beautiful, touching and sensitive film are compelled to look at their own life, their own situations and also that of the other. Beautifully acted in gobsmacking plainness is Adrienne Shelly and Martin Donovan (a man I would sleep with!), with Hal Hartley's dead-pan screenplay, it is pure enjoyment, and widely funny. It's not a comedy aimed for the lazy brain, but an attempt to show us what people are capable of doing given the right circumstances at the wrong time. It's the best portrayal of messed up youths done in an anti-John Hughes way, especially of a young girl's 'growing-up' that is at it's core and truly inspirational.
Teenager Maria Coughlan (beautifully portrayed by Adrienne Shelly) is thrown out of her home by her tired and frustrated mum after becoming pregnant to the High School jock, and for slapping her dad moments before his fatal heart attack. She meets up with disillusioned Matthew Slaughter (wonderful dead-pan humour by Martin Donovan). He carries a hand grenade and a few classic books around contemplating all sorts. Their meeting of chance sets them up against each other's fears and accomplishments unachieved, Maria being the one who carries through a great deal of choices she makes in the right direction to turn her life around. Matthew attempts to reunite with people in general and work, but is overcome by the apathy of others, and in turn becomes apathetic. With a missing baby in the news, they try to find out the reason behind it and solve this mystery while solving their own.
Other characters in the movie (notably Maria's slightly obsessed mum, played with ruthless calmness by Merritt Nelson) interweave in and out of the story as the thread that has bound the 2 main characters in the choices they had made, but now choose their own paths.
It's about growing up, letting go, and trusting. The best heart felt moment for me (and one of the funniest) is the catching scene between petit Marie, and larger than life Matthew. It is the turning point of the film. The centre piece.
It's gritty, compelling and very funny. Hugely enjoyable, and Hal Hartley's most accomplished film for me. American independent cinema at its best ever!
This is my number one favourite film, right next to 'Drowning By Numbers'.
Trust in others. Trust in yourself.
The characters that are forced into each others lives in this beautiful, touching and sensitive film are compelled to look at their own life, their own situations and also that of the other. Beautifully acted in gobsmacking plainness is Adrienne Shelly and Martin Donovan (a man I would sleep with!), with Hal Hartley's dead-pan screenplay, it is pure enjoyment, and widely funny. It's not a comedy aimed for the lazy brain, but an attempt to show us what people are capable of doing given the right circumstances at the wrong time. It's the best portrayal of messed up youths done in an anti-John Hughes way, especially of a young girl's 'growing-up' that is at it's core and truly inspirational.
Teenager Maria Coughlan (beautifully portrayed by Adrienne Shelly) is thrown out of her home by her tired and frustrated mum after becoming pregnant to the High School jock, and for slapping her dad moments before his fatal heart attack. She meets up with disillusioned Matthew Slaughter (wonderful dead-pan humour by Martin Donovan). He carries a hand grenade and a few classic books around contemplating all sorts. Their meeting of chance sets them up against each other's fears and accomplishments unachieved, Maria being the one who carries through a great deal of choices she makes in the right direction to turn her life around. Matthew attempts to reunite with people in general and work, but is overcome by the apathy of others, and in turn becomes apathetic. With a missing baby in the news, they try to find out the reason behind it and solve this mystery while solving their own.
Other characters in the movie (notably Maria's slightly obsessed mum, played with ruthless calmness by Merritt Nelson) interweave in and out of the story as the thread that has bound the 2 main characters in the choices they had made, but now choose their own paths.
It's about growing up, letting go, and trusting. The best heart felt moment for me (and one of the funniest) is the catching scene between petit Marie, and larger than life Matthew. It is the turning point of the film. The centre piece.
It's gritty, compelling and very funny. Hugely enjoyable, and Hal Hartley's most accomplished film for me. American independent cinema at its best ever!
This is my number one favourite film, right next to 'Drowning By Numbers'.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Watching Hal Hartley's Trust has reminded me of just how the independent film `industry' was in the early nineties before the big studios began to control production. Hartley's is a singular voice; like the great auteurs his films with their understated acting, lyrical dialogue and deserted suburbia paradoxically offer a more realistic evocation of the human condition than the costume dramas and self-consciously post-modern movies that clogged up the release schedule that saw that decade out.
Here, we find a meeting of misfits; twentysomething Martin Donovan lives with an abusive father and sometimes repair televisions, teenage Adreinne Shelley causes hers to have a heart attack when she reveals her pregnancy. As the film progresses he learns the simple life from her and she realises that there's more to life than fashion and boys and as the title suggests they learn to Trust one another. It's the incidental details of their personalities - he carries a grenade `just in case' and she is trying to find a baby snatcher - which provide the most pleasure.
It's also just refreshing to see a film with such a spare style, with long takes at allow the actors room to do their job without the camera restlessly rolling hither and thither, or an editor with an itchy splicing finger. Much of the film happens in two shots and though this is probably a function of the budget, they're never less than interesting and much of that has to do with being in the company of these players, Donovan and Shelley in particular. The latter is simply amazing, perfectly capturing the girl's developing maturity, a process completed in a final heartrending shot.
Here, we find a meeting of misfits; twentysomething Martin Donovan lives with an abusive father and sometimes repair televisions, teenage Adreinne Shelley causes hers to have a heart attack when she reveals her pregnancy. As the film progresses he learns the simple life from her and she realises that there's more to life than fashion and boys and as the title suggests they learn to Trust one another. It's the incidental details of their personalities - he carries a grenade `just in case' and she is trying to find a baby snatcher - which provide the most pleasure.
It's also just refreshing to see a film with such a spare style, with long takes at allow the actors room to do their job without the camera restlessly rolling hither and thither, or an editor with an itchy splicing finger. Much of the film happens in two shots and though this is probably a function of the budget, they're never less than interesting and much of that has to do with being in the company of these players, Donovan and Shelley in particular. The latter is simply amazing, perfectly capturing the girl's developing maturity, a process completed in a final heartrending shot.
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