Trust (2010)

A teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.

Director:

David Schwimmer

Writers:

Andy Bellin, Robert Festinger

Stars:

Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Clive Owen	...	Will
Catherine Keener	...	Lynn
Liana Liberato	...	Annie
Jason Clarke	...	Doug Tate
Viola Davis	...	Gail Friedman
Chris Henry Coffey	...	Graham Weston
Spencer Curnutt	...	Peter
Aislinn DeButch	...	Katie
Noah Emmerich	...	Al Hart
Olivia Wickline	...	Louise
Zoe Levin	...	Brittany
Zanny Laird	...	Serena Edmonds
Yolanda Mendoza	...	Tanya
Shenell Randall	...	Alexa
Jordan Trovillion	...	Waitress

Storyline

In Chicago, the fourteen-year-old Annie lives with her family in the suburb and she has been chatting in a teen chat room in Internet with the sixteen year-old Charlie. When they get close to each other, Charlie tells that he is actually twenty years old. They schedule to meet each other but when Annie meets Charlie, she realizes that he is about thirty-five years old and is disappointed. However, she is seduced by Charlie and loses her virginity to her "boyfriend" in a motel. Her best friend Brittany tells to the school counselor about the relationship of Annie with an older man and the teenager is sent to medical examination. Her parents Will and Lynn are visited by the FBI Agent Doug Tate that is in charge of the investigation. The family is torn apart and while Lynn supports her daughter, Will becomes obsessed to find the sexual predator.

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Plot Keywords:

lying about age | internet chat | father daughter relationship | teenager | internet grooming | 

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Taglines:

What took her family years to build, a stranger stole in an instant.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing material involving the rape of a teen, language, sexual content and some violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is based on a story written by David Schwimmer (uncredited). He was inspired by his 14 year association with The Rape Foundation.

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Goofs

Will states that Annie's new Macbook Pro has a hard drive with a 4 GB capacity. Drive capacities vary from model to model, but at minimum it would be over 100 GB. 4 GB is a typical amount of RAM for a Macbook Pro.

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Quotes

Will: Even if he was in jail I wouldn't be happy.
Gail Friedman: Why?
Will: Because it would still want to rip his fucking head off.

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Crazy Credits

Chris Henry Coffey, who plays "Charlie," is billed as Graham Weston, the character's real name. The pictures he posts in the chat room to make Annie think he's 16 years old are of actor Tristan Peach, who is billed as Charlie in the credits..

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Connections

Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 27 June 2011 (2011)

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Soundtracks

My Declaration
Written by Tom Baxter
Performed by Tom Baxter
Published by Universal - PolyGram Int. Publ. Inc. on behalf of Universal Music Publ. Ltd.
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment

User Reviews

The Selling of Sex to Young Girls

My issue is with how the 'crime' is framed - the words 'assault' and 'rape' are tossed about liberally. What is never mentioned is 'seduction', the enticement of naive young women /girls by appealing to their romantic fantasies, which has a long social and literary history. The need to feel 'loved' and 'special'. No violence is ever used. A plot point unnoticed or unmentioned by any of the posters is the father's profession. Advertising. Marketing stuff to 'tweens' using highly sexualized images. Tweens are children between the ages of 9 or 10 and 13. They're fed a constant diet of the ways to be 'desirable' and 'sexy, usually by buying stuff to make them look older and more sexually available . How can parents overcome this barrage of noxious merchandising - especially if that's what provides their good upper middle class life. It also provide the psychological conditions, along with the anonymity of the Internet, for the seduction of very young girls. Charlie is an utter creep, but he's aided and abetted by an economic order that will do anything to find new 'markets'.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 April 2011 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Trust

Filming Locations:

Illinois, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$58,214, 3 April 2011

Gross USA:

$120,016

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$595,802

Company Credits

Production Co:

Millennium Films, Millennium Films, Dark Harbor Stories

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1