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Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   4,861 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Bart Freundlich (written by)
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Release Date:
1 September 2006 (USA) more
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He's doing the best he can more
Plot:
After all the drama, cheating, and trial separations, two men (Crudup, Duchovny) fight to save their respective relationships. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Dumb Husband more (60 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

David Duchovny ... Tom

Julianne Moore ... Rebecca
Sascha Gillen ... Baby Maggie
Brianna Gillen ... Baby Maggie
Liam Broggy ... David

Scott Sowers ... TerminEx Guy

Billy Crudup ... Tobey

Maggie Gyllenhaal ... Elaine

Garry Shandling ... Dr. Beekman

Sarah Knowlton ... Elaine's Boss

Brian Tarantina ... Crazy Hair Driver

Justin Bartha ... Jasper Bernard
David Greenspan ... Francis, the Director

Dagmara Dominczyk ... Pamela
Caroline Schlobohm ... Shannon
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and sexual content.
Runtime:
USA:103 min | Canada:103 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Argentina:103 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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The children of star Julianne Moore and writer/director Bart Freundlich make their movie debuts in "Trust the Man". Caleb Freundlich plays Cosmos, Pamela's son who punches David Duchovny and Liv Freundlich plays Moore's daughter Maggie in the final scenes. more
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Anachronisms: In the scene transitioning to the Christmas holidays, a shot of Central Park is shown with Christo and Jeanne-Claude's The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005 in the park. However, this display was unfurled on February 12, 2005 - after the holidays were over. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
David: I need help!
Tom: I'll go.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs "Saturday Night Live" (1975) more
Soundtrack:
Closer more

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Dumb Husband, 21 May 2009
Author: tedg (tedg@FilmsFolded.com) from Virginia Beach

One of the significant tragedies in modern film is the coupling of one of our most powerful actresses with an insipid filmmaker.

Here, we have her placed in a film he made, playing an actress with an insipid husband — a writer. He has a friend who is there simply to say goofier things, and thereby make the film appealing. As with all date movies, the separated couple is reunited by a public confession of love that is accepted (and happily ever after...). In this case, that confession literally happens at a play Julianne's character is in. So there's the simple, mechanical narrative fold.

As a quirky, inconsequential film, its not so bad, about in the middle of its cohort. Our goofy pair, anchored by Billy Crudup who is observed by Gyllenhaal (and in another position, Shandling). But no one really comes to film simply to tread water in the flood of desperate romance. We come for some advance. With films that advertise themselves as trivial, a trivial advance will do.

Nothing here does that, and because the centerpiece is a woman who is patiently wasting her life, the message is clear.

So I will recommend that you not watch this unless you are prepared to get depressed.

Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.

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