Who Would Trust These People?
- Title: Trust the Man
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Here’s everything you need to know about Trust the Man. Every single moment in the film is done for a laugh, even the dramatic moments, and it’s not really a comedy. We’ve got the man who’s afraid of commitment, the woman who dates all the wrong guys, the cheating husband, and the frigid wife. What keeps the film from being an outright bore is the likeability of its stars, who do what they can with a pretty average script; they aren’t quite able to save it, but do provide some memorable moments.
Tom (David Duchovny) and Tobey (Billy Crudup) are best friends. Tom is married to Tobey’s sister Rebecca (Julianne Moore) who is best friends with Tobey’s wife Elaine (Maggie Gyllenhaal). The trouble is Tom and Tobey are typical Hollywood movie husbands who can’t help but disastrously screw up their relationship because the script tells them too.
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How critically do you watch films? I ask this because a film like The Illusionist presupposes its audience to watch for entertainment and not pay too close attention to the man behind the curtain. I dislike movies that take the audience’s intelligence and attention for granted. This film assumes you are relatively dumb and unobservant. If you, like me, watch a film, especially a suspense film, with a careful eye then you will no doubt be disappointed. The Illusionist is all too willing, and eager, to give away its secrets.
Thrillers work on keeping the audience on the edge of your seat. This film isn’t a thriller. Character studies work by examining individuals and relationships, bringing truths and secrets out, and making resolutions. This isn’t a character study. In fact, I’m not sure what it is. I know what it wants to be, but it just doesn’t know how to get there.
