Trust the Man

Infobox_Film
name = Trust The Man

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writer = Bart Freundlich
starring = David Duchovny
Billy Crudup
Julianne Moore
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Eva Mendes
James Le Gros
director = Bart Freundlich
producer = Sidney Kimmel
Tim Perell
distributor = Fox Searchlight
released = August 18, 2006
runtime = 103 min.
language = English
budget = $10,000,000| music = Clint Mansell
awards =
imdb_id = 0427968

"Trust the Man" is a film starring David Duchovny, Billy Crudup, Julianne Moore and Maggie Gyllenhaal. It was written and directed by Bart Freundlich. It primarily deals with three relationships, and a realization of just how important those relationships are. It had a limited release on August 18, 2006.

ynopsis

Rebecca (Moore) is a film actress who is about to make her stage debut at Lincoln Center. Her husband Tom (Duchovny) gave up a lucrative job in advertising to take care of their young daughter. Occasionally Tom and Rebecca have sex; once a year they meet with their therapist (Garry Shandling).

Tom and Rebecca's best friends are her brother Tobey (Crudup), a sportswriter, and his girlfriend Elaine (Gyllenhaal). Elaine, who has been dating Tobey for seven years, has begun to feel the ticking of her biological clock.

Tom and Rebecca each face extramarital temptations. Tom responds to a personal crisis that stems from his decision to choose kids over career by watching pornography and having an affair with a divorced mother from his son's school. Rebecca is pursued on the set by a young costar, Jasper (Justin Bartha), who would like to be able to claim that he's bedded a famous actress.

Cast

* David Duchovny — Tom
* Julianne Moore — Rebecca
* Billy Crudup — Tobey
* Maggie Gyllenhaal — Elaine
* Justin Bartha — Jasper
* Garry Shandling — Dr. Beekman
* Ellen Barkin — Norah
* Eva Mendes — Faith
* James Le Gros — Dante

External links

*imdb title|0427968
*rotten-tomatoes|id=trust_the_man|title=Trust the Man
*metacritic film|id=trusttheman|title=Trust the Man
*mojo title|id=trusttheman|title=Trust the Man
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/08/18/movies/18trus.html Manohla Dargis' review in The New York Times]
* [http://www.cinematical.com/2006/08/17/review-trust-the-man/ Kim Voynar's review on cinematical]
* [http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2006/08/trust-man.html Review] by Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, 22 August 2006)