Trust (2021)

March 12, 2021 (US) • Thriller, Romance, Drama • 94m

Overview

Set in the glamour of the New York and Paris art scenes, gallery owner Brooke Gatwick and her newscaster husband Owen Shore, face temptation, jealousy, twists and mystery when two seductive newcomers enter their lives.

Director

Brian DeCubellis

Writers

Brian DeCubellis, Kristen Lazarian

Top Billed

Victoria Justice

Keywords

new york city cynical curious candid unfaithful wife complex casual provocative critical handsome young man appreciative complicated conceited empathetic enthusiastic sympathetic

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Top Billed Cast

Victoria Justice

Brooke Gatwick

Matthew Daddario

Owen Shore

Katherine McNamara

Amy

Lucien Laviscount

Ansgar Doyle

Ronny Chieng

Adam

Lindsey Broad

Eleanor

Rosa Gilmore

Kim

Clair Catherine

Nathalia

Hilary Edson

Jill / Bartender

Tyler Herwick

Second Buyer

Alexander Blaise

Senior Buyer

Valéry Lessard

Paris Hotel Clerk

Nathalie Carvalho

Diana / Interviewer

Alex Echevarria

Giacco / Contractor

Martin Fisher

Larry / Security Officer

Ishianose Omofoma

Amanda Gysler

Crew

Matt Rigby

Dialogue Editor

Brian DeCubellis

Screenplay

Brian DeCubellis

Director

Jeffrey Dutemple

Steadicam Operator

Jeffrey Dutemple

"A" Camera Operator

Joel Douek

Original Music Composer

Greg Pliska

Original Music Composer

David Tumblety

Director of Photography

Isaac Derfel

Sound Effects Editor

Kristen Lazarian

Screenplay

Kristen Lazarian

Original Story

Brian DeCubellis

Producer

Corey Trent Ackerman

Executive Producer

Eddy Collyns

Consulting Producer

Ged Dickersin

Co-Producer

Tom Guida

Producer

Maureen Sherry Klinsky

Executive Producer

Steve Klinsky

Producer

Steven P. Wegner

Executive Producer

Chloé Seytre

Art Direction

Gina Ruiz

Costume Designer

Anila Bilbili

Hair Department Head

Jennifer M. Bullock

Additional Hairstylist

Christy Falco

Key Makeup Artist

Rozeta Fusha-Douvris

Additional Hairstylist

Scott Hersh

Makeup Department Head

Justin Scutieri

Post Production Supervisor

Ece Turan

Unit Production Manager

Tess Raih

Second Assistant Director

Andreas O'Donohue Villaggio

First Assistant Director

Ashley Bradshaw

Property Master

Erich Davis

Graphic Designer

Ryan Gertsen

Construction Coordinator

Ginger Ingram LaBella

Graphic Designer

Daniel Maldonado

On Set Dresser

Nephretitti Schenck

Set Dresser

Chloé Seytre

Art Department Coordinator

Chloé Seytre

Graphic Designer

Angel Yolanda Antoinette Smith

Scenic Artist

Martin Czembor

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mariusz Glabinski

Sound Effects Editor

Marlena Grzaslewicz

Dialogue Editor

Paddy Hanlon

Sound Mixer

Deanna Williams

Sound Mixer

Tyler Newhouse

Sound Mix Technician

Hernan Herrera

Visual Effects

Kyle W. Brown

Stunt Double

Manny Siverio

Stunt Coordinator

Jaime Wallace

Stunt Double

Stratton Bailey

Key Grip

Seth Crosby

Dolly Grip

Jeffrey Dutemple

Steadycam

Adam Gonzalez

First Assistant "A" Camera

Erik Kandefer

First Assistant "A" Camera

Daniel Layton

Best Boy Electric

Randy Lin

Electrician

Stacy Mize

First Assistant "A" Camera

Jeong Park

Still Photographer

Andrea Romansky

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Chris Scarafile

"B" Camera Operator

Jay Silver

Camera Operator

Todd Antonio Somodevilla

Camera Operator

Storr Todd

Second Assistant "A" Camera

Kerry Barden

Casting

Rachel Goldman

Casting Associate

Paul Schnee

Casting

Kenneth Duclos

First Assistant Editor

Ann Husaini

Editor

Katy McIlvaine

Music Supervisor

Charles S. Rowe

Script Supervisor

Matt Medeiros

Digital Intermediate Producer

Oscar Bodden

Production Assistant

Odie Burnatowski

Production Assistant

Talia Koylass

Production Assistant

Masha Zhak

Production Assistant

Danielle Ruby Philippa

Production Accountant

Reviews

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⭐ 1/10

September 3, 2022

Trust is the stuff that bad rom-coms are made of; why anyone though they could fashion a drama/thriller out of this material, I haven’t the foggiest. Brooke (Victoria Justice) hires Amy (Katherine McNamara), a "decoy" to test her husband Owen’s (Matthew Daddario) faithfulness — or, as Amy puts it, "dangle a chick in front of my husband to see if he'd fuck her" —, and then is all 'well I never!' when Owen does indeed fuck the chick that was dangled in front of him. Once again I’m reminded of George Carlin’s “people in Kilauea, Hawaii who build their houses right next to an active volcano and then wonder why they have lava in the living room.”

I’m also reminded of The Departure, a nice little 2020 drama with a similar premise and a much more sensible handling of said premise. In that film, a man recruited his best friend to test the former’s girlfriend’s loyalty.

See how that makes a lot more sense? The Departure understood that such a misguided scheme is 1) a guy thing to do, and 2) a pre-marital thing to do — I mean, it’s a stupid idea under any circumstances, but if you’re going to do it, do it while you’re still single; that way, if worst comes to worst, at the very least you’ve dodged a bullet. After you’re already married, on the other hand, it kinda seems like something you’d just rather not know (The Departure was likewise savvier in how it dealt with the aftermath of the characters’ actions).

Anyway. Brooke reasons, or rather rationalizes, that "As they say in Vegas, baby, when you tie, it's a push" — implying that not only she had sex with talentless painter Ansgar, but also that if she did, it’d be okay because Owen cheated on her first.

Now, temptation may be the only thing that Owen can’t resist, but that doesn’t change that it was Brooke who arranged for him to be tempted; I believe this is what they call a self-fulfilling prophecy.

In any case, Brooke comes across as a conniving little bitch who wanted to fuck around without losing the moral high ground; in other words, she wanted to have her cake and eat it too. If the movie pulled its head out of its own ass and acknowledged the heroine’s true nature, it wouldn’t do wonders for the character’s likability (but then the character would work better if we weren’t supposed to like her), but at least it it’d be honest.

As it is, though, we’re somehow meant to feel bad for her, and want her to be happy, and cross our fingers that she’ll save her marriage; the problem is that we can’t simply ignore that Brooke herself is the biggest threat to her and Owen’s conjugal bliss.

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Trust (2021)

Brian DeCubellis, Kristen Lazarian

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