Synopsis
Overachieving actress Rebecca must come to grips with her failing marriage to stay-at-home dad Tom. While Rebecca's slacker brother Tobey can't seem to commit to his aspiring-novelist girlfriend, Elaine. As both relationships spin out of control, the two couples embark on a quest to rediscover the magic and romance of falling in love in New York.
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Cast
- David DuchovnyTom
- Julianne MooreRebecca
- Billy CrudupTobey
- Maggie GyllenhaalElaine
- Justin BarthaJasper Bernard
- Eva MendesFaith Faison
- Ellen BarkinNorah
- Garry ShandlingDr. Beekman
- Sterling K. BrownRand
- Liam BroggyDavid
Recommendations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
A smart, sharply observed, highly affable look at contemporary relationships that finally injects a little life in the stagnating genre. - 67
Christian Science Monitor
If a movie that uses the word "relationship" 7,000 times puts your teeth on edge, stay away. - 63
ReelViews
Its strength is its humor, which is half-"Seinfeld" and half-"Sex in the City." There's a reason why those shows ran for only 30 minutes each - it's difficult to sustain comedic momentum for longer, as becomes apparent here. - 50
Variety
For those who appreciate the Woody Allen view of New York but would prefer fewer neurotics, Trust the Man provides a loving take on bourgeois Manhattan contentment that's usually only found in episodes of "Will & Grace." - 50
Chicago Tribune
Trust the Man could easily carry the following subtitle: "Men Who Behave Like Petulant, Spoiled Children and the Women Who Decide It's Easier to Love Them As-Is Than To Try to Turn Them Into Grownups." - 50
Washington Post
Trust the Man quickly begins to feel hopelessly derivative of other, better movies. - 42
The A.V. Club
Trust The Man presents itself as a funny, insightful Manhattan relationship comedy in Woody Allen mode, but morphs into the phoniest of Hollywood rom-coms. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
Can these banal relationships between undifferentiated lovelies be saved?
