Trust(dir. Hal Hartley)
Edie Falco was looking good in this. The version I saw had 8 minutes missing according to IMDb, but I don't think those 8 minutes would strongly change my opinion of this movie. It's a film wrapped in artificiality with moments of "truth." These moments are much more effective because of this. The plot is melodramatic and seems almost too crazy, but the core romance is, well, romantic and quite beautiful. It's a film that doesn't depend on stereotypical ideals of romantic love unlike chick flicks to create a feeling of romance and it feels more honest and fresh because of it. It's easy to see how some people might be turned off by this film because the delivery of the lines is unusual and the conversations sound more like interrogations than conversations. The story is melodramatic, but the film's look and performances openly admit the artificiality of it unlike some other movies with melodramatic plots (Babel? Crash?). If you are able to accept these stylistic traits, you'll be easily rewarded. I loved it.
**** out of ****
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