Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 0:16:37 GMT -5
I'm not in the habit of watching these sort of movies, but I had a few bucks left over from Amazon's "No Rush" Shipping, so I decided to add "Trust" to my queue. Although it didn't fare well in the box office, I wanted to see how well Hollywood handled such a touchy subject. My time to watch it was running out, so I decided to cozy up to it this evening before bed.
It's actually a fairly well thought-out story initially: A teenager is lured out by a pedophile who has his way with her. It begins with a simple chat room flirtation- he already has groomed her and has her exhibiting a light "crush" on him which is evident in the first few scenes. The next bit of the story that works up to the meeting is a bit ham-handed, and seems to take less than the first ten minutes (This confused me, since being a David Schwimmer production, should have an insiders' view on grooming children. [This is a joke, plz don't sue.]) It does go out of it's way to let you know the emotions the girl is dealing with for the next hour and a half- no matter how stilted the story line becomes. The most memorable part of the movie, though, is that the child's father works for "Truman's Buddy" (Noah Emmerich likely known best from The Truman Show).
It was a box-office dud, and it deserved to be- I had hoped that it would be a bit more than just magical internet presence who harms a child, and then a fairly transparent view of her (and her family's) life being altered forever due to this tragic event. If it intended to be, it didn't have much left by the final cut. It was worth the $3 I didn't pay for it, but sadly lacked any afterthought beyond the family coming to terms with their new positions as it faded to credits (with a tacky post-ending as the credits rolled).
It's actually a fairly well thought-out story initially: A teenager is lured out by a pedophile who has his way with her. It begins with a simple chat room flirtation- he already has groomed her and has her exhibiting a light "crush" on him which is evident in the first few scenes. The next bit of the story that works up to the meeting is a bit ham-handed, and seems to take less than the first ten minutes (This confused me, since being a David Schwimmer production, should have an insiders' view on grooming children. [This is a joke, plz don't sue.]) It does go out of it's way to let you know the emotions the girl is dealing with for the next hour and a half- no matter how stilted the story line becomes. The most memorable part of the movie, though, is that the child's father works for "Truman's Buddy" (Noah Emmerich likely known best from The Truman Show).
It was a box-office dud, and it deserved to be- I had hoped that it would be a bit more than just magical internet presence who harms a child, and then a fairly transparent view of her (and her family's) life being altered forever due to this tragic event. If it intended to be, it didn't have much left by the final cut. It was worth the $3 I didn't pay for it, but sadly lacked any afterthought beyond the family coming to terms with their new positions as it faded to credits (with a tacky post-ending as the credits rolled).