Trust
1990 · Movie · R · 106 min · ★ 6.8 · 74% critics
A pregnant teen is kicked out of her home and left without support, until she crosses paths with a moody, highly educated electronics repairman. As they navigate family pressure, work frustrations, and big choices about the future, an unconventional bond grows, built on respect, admiration, and trust.
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Details
- Years
- 1990
- Release date
- 1990-09-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (165 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an offbeat, heartfelt comedy-drama about misfits building trust amid family dysfunction and tough choices; Not for you if you dislike deadpan dialogue-heavy stories or messy characters, like in The Unbelievable Truth or Buffalo '66.
Pros: heartfelt unconventional romance; sharp deadpan humor; relatable flawed characters | Cons: talky style may drag; a few plot holes; odd side subplot
Themes
- dark comedy
- romcom
- long island, new york
- repairman
- unwanted pregnancy
- high school drop out
Awards & recognition
- The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award · 1991
Cast & crew
Adrienne Shelly
as Maria Coughlin
Martin Donovan
as Matthew Slaughter
- RN
Rebecca Nelson
as Jean Coughlin (as Merritt Nelson)
- JM
John MacKay
as Jim Slaughter
Edie Falco
as Peg Coughlin
- GS
Gary Sauer
as Anthony
Matt Malloy
as Ed
- SC
Suzanne Costollos
as Rachel
Jeff Howard
as Robert
Karen Sillas
as Nurse Paine
Directed by Hal Hartley