A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents are shattered by their daughter's actions and struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life.
Schwimmer directs this smarmy Hot Topic drama with empathy for the craft of acting but less interest in the craft of making a movie move.
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Apr 2011
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What Trust conveys, at its best, is that ultimately parental protections are not foolproof, and that is the greatest horror of all.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 Apr 2011
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Audiences most definitely will squirm and wish they were anywhere but in the theater, despite the fact that it features some of Clive Owen's best work and a startling movie debut by the 15-year-old Liana Liberato.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
21 Apr 2011
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An exercise in sober drama and a middle-class cautionary tale which explores a family ripped up by the roots after the rape of a 14-year-old girl.