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USA 2010
Director: David Schwimmer
Cast: Clive Owen, Liana Liberato, Catherine Keener, Chris Henry Coffey, Jason Clarke, Viola Davis
Rating: R
Release Date: 1 April 2011
Running Time: 1 hour 46 minutes
The Movie Review
There is growing concern of child abduction in Indonesia in quite an alarming rate. Adapting to the technology, now those bloody kidnappers/perverts/child predators are using popular social networking service to get their filthy hands on Indonesian teenagers.
Parents who were mostly not that tech-savvy often left confused by what these online predators could actually do to their kids through internet. Trust is a great drama that tries to depict about this sad social issue. It's a very emotional theme, so don't go in expecting something light-hearted out of Trust.
A regular happy family is seen celebrating the birthday of their 14-year old daughter, Annie (Liana Liberato). And the father, Will Cameron (Clive Owen), is giving her a present that he'll regret for the rest of his life..., a laptop.
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Ever since this Mac laptop is around, Annie has never stopped using it to chat with someone on the other side of the website. A person by the name of Charlie (Chris Henry Coffey) is intently building an online relationship with Annie. And this innocence girl is crazily enamoured with Charlie even though she doesn't know squat about his real life and even after Charlie has confessed to have lied to her about certain things. And on one day Annie, who dresses rather provocatively, agrees to meet him in person (Indonesian: Kopi Darat). The smooth-talking Charlie eventually succeeds in finding a way even deeper into Annie's. What is happening between Annie and Charlie? And who Charlie actually is?
Trust is a very emotional movie about the labile condition of teenager's mind. The characters interact with each other in such emotional way. The background story in the beginning has given enough time to let the family relationship among the father, the mother (Catherine Keener) and the daughter percolates that it's becoming more emotional as the story progresses... It's important to note there's nothing preposterous about the movie. Every little thing in the movie is highly possible to be happening in the real life, and I'm sure it has happened before and highly likely may just happen again in the future.
With the additional character of Doug Tate (Jason Clarke of The Human Contract (2008)), an FBI agent, the film sometimes crosses the threshold from drama to thriller, and the good thing is, both are maintained in balanced proportion so that the thriller never steals the important message the movie tries to convey. During the running time, the audience is constantly reminded of how shattering this incident had caused to the life of the victims, but without making us exhausted with the surfeit of emotion. And for that, the credits go to Clive Owen, Catherine Keener and especially Liana Liberato who has delivered very convincing performance.
Interesting to note is the personality and the emotional state of Annie Cameron. As stupid and foolish her decision is and also her ridiculous reaction to how her parents and FBI are trying to protect her from Charlie, that is actually... what might happen to teenagers. That's why kudos to the writers, Andy Bellin and Robert Festinger. The ending may seem very abrupt with no clear cut conclusion, but that's real life. And I'm pretty sure the audience will get the noble message of Trust and still remember it long after they leave the studio.
> Some of the real life stories of online kidnapping (In Indonesian): Korban Penculikan Trauma Pakai Facebook, Mahasiswi Hilang dengan Teman Facebook.
> And if you have seen the movie and might be feeling very infuriated, cope with it by watching this awesome Indie film: Hard Candy (2005).
© iwan pranowo of Movielogy.com
posted: Thursday, 26 May 2011 03:03 am
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