Trust the Man

Tom (David Duchovny) is a stay-at-home dad married to a popular actress (Julianne Moore), while his best friend and her younger brother Tobey (Billy Crudup) has lived for eight years with the hard-working Elaine (Maggie Gyllenhaal) but won't commit to... Full review

I really liked this movie. when i first watched it i laughed incredibly hard. and i just wanted to say that maybe that movie doesn't have an original plot (look into existentialism) but it is entertaining. i loved Crupup instead of... Full review

This film seems to seek only to be exactly what it seems to be on first viewing, and manages that superbly. And all this is is just one more 'relationship' movie, showing the problems faced in modern life by 'trendy'... Full review

this is a realistically filmed relevant love story. i love the actors and actresses looking like and behaving like real people. the director has used minimal make-up and realistic lighting to have these actors appear just as they would in... Full review

A waste of good actors...and good money! Nothing made any sense. There was no reason to care about these characters. Judging only by the ending, it seems that the whole point was that the men in the film were irresponsible,... Full review

The only thing this movie has going for it is the acting talent. There is no story, no arc, and the characters take an incredibly shallow view on relationships. Just like the other 2 B. Freundlich movies, it is all... Full review

It's not that Trust the Man is a bad movie. It's not without some merit. But it's a film that could have been better had some time been taken with the script and with the direction. Spain's great filmmaker, Almodovar,... Full review

Barely a genuine moment in the movie. He started out setting the stage for a thoughtful drama/comedy and then littered it with completely fake characters and situations. The zen musician/friend/minister? The lesbian book publisher who gets water spit in her... Full review

I missed this one at last year's Toronto International Film Fesival, but have just seen a preview prior, presumably to its Toronto release.For me live-in lovers Billy Crudup and Maggie Gyllenhall delivered sparkling performances far more sympatici than the other... Full review

this is one of the funniest movies i have seen in a while. great for guys (women, also) who are looking for a movie that's intelligent, too. i don't know what movie that first reviewer was watching, but i thought... Full review

She is hampered by the silly screenplay of Trust the Man and gives a shallow performance akin to her roles in Laws of Attraction and, most recently, Freedomland. Rebeccas brother, Tobey (Billy Crudup), and his longtime girlfriend, Elaine (Maggie Gyllenhaal) have reached an impasse in their relationship: she wants to marry and have a family while he is perfectly happy with the status quo. ... Full Review

Focusing on two couples, Trust The Man stars Julianne Moore as a successful actress married to her stay at home husband played by David Duchovny. This is the perfect album for soccer moms spending their afternoons at home sipping hot tea trying to relax before their little hellions return from school. ... Full Review

The best moments are those that are grounded in reality, like that scene late at night in a snow storm, when Billy Crudup's Tobey discovers his car has been towed away. There are some funny lines, novel situations and for the most part, the film is amusing ... Full Review

It's nice that these actors felt comfortable with their director, but the next step is that Freundlich needs to become more comfortable with himself. Despite all this blandness, the actors still manage to find more than a few moments of inspiration, and they share a genuine chemistry. ... Full Review

Trust The Man appears to be torn between genres: part TV sitcom, part indie drama, part Hollywood comedy, it never really finds its feet despite many enjoyable scenes. The film is at its funniest when pushing the taste boundaries of traditional mature romantic comedies: surfing for porn on the internet, Tom happens upon bestiality and appears torn between disgust and curiosity. ... Full Review

"Im trying to poop, but I cant.So announces David (Liam Broggy), young son of Tom (David Duchovny), erstwhile ad copy writer and current house-husband. ... Full Article

Written and directed by Bart Freundlich, "Trust the Man" stars Julianne Moore, his wife, as a film actress named Rebecca who's making her New York stage debut in a play at Lincoln Center. ... Full Article

Lots of movie pundits have pointed to the fascination with box-office receipts as symbolic of what ails the industry. Especially in peak times -- summer and November-December -- movies seem to go through a blanding process to appeal to the... ... Full Article

"Trust the Man" is the kind of cloying indie that's too precocious for its own good.Beautiful people living beautifully flawed lives fraught with issues revolving around love, marriage and commitment. ... Full Article

Julianne Moore and David Duchovny in 'Trust the Man.' (Fox Searchlight Pictures) By Calvin Wilson ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 09/01/2006 Julianne Moore has a reputation for portraying characters in crisis, from the porn actress in "Boogie Nights" to 1950s housewives in... ... Full Article