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You're Much Too Young, Girl

By TK | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (31)

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Trust is the kind of concept that freaks me the hell out. It’s about a teenage girl that meets a boy online, then meets him in real life, only he’s not what she thinks, things go wrong, and her parents try to pick up the pieces as she suffers through the aftermath. It sounds like a Lifetime movie, only, based on the trailer, it’s far more well-executed. Perhaps that’s due to an outstanding cast, including Clive Owen and Catherine Keener as the parents, 14-year old Liana Liberato as the daughter, and also features Viola Davis, Jason Clarke, and Noah Emmerich. That’s a pretty bitchin’ cast.

It requires some deft direction to take a film like this and make it into something interesting and engaging and affecting. Trust is directed by… David Schwimmer, whose last film, Run, Fatboy, Run, wasn’t exactly a dramatic masterpiece. But the trailer works. The actors are solid. And it, in ways that no horror movie ever could, scares the shit out of me.

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Comments

I don't...

I...

I'm never meeting any of you fucks.

Ever.

Forget the Southern Pajibacon.

I'm betting Trouble is actually some huge dude that escaped from prison or something...

And Jay is really a Drag King with a fetish for anal plugs.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at February 9, 2011 3:48 AM

Wow.

I ain't seeing this. I have to put up with perpetrators at work - I'm not going to sit through a damned movie about it.

Posted by: The Wanderer at February 9, 2011 4:17 AM

Serves her right for fucking with the Internets.

Posted by: zeke the pig at February 9, 2011 5:10 AM

indeed the Horror.. the horror

Posted by: Magiel at February 9, 2011 6:48 AM

Omg SHUTUP. SHUTUP.

I'm going on an online date tonight (as in, fella and I met over the internet).

I had just gotten all the thoughts of Catfish out of my mind and now THIS!?

LALALALALALAAAAA.

The fact that I'm 21 helps, right?

Posted by: grace b at February 9, 2011 7:31 AM

I know boys are not immune to this sort of thing, but every time I see or hear about something like this I thank my lucky stars & my hub's swimmers that I have a son.

On a somewhat related topic, did anyone hear "The Story" on NPR yesterday with the two women who had been sold into sex slavery in Southeast Asia? Holy crap. I sat there shaking the whole time I was listening to their stories.

Posted by: Captain Tuttle at February 9, 2011 9:00 AM

I think somethings wrong with my browser.

The trailer seems to cut off before Clive Owen arms himself and goes all Shoot 'Em Up on that skeev who touched his daughter!

I'm using Firefox, anyone else having this problem?

Posted by: Murderbot at February 9, 2011 9:28 AM

Damn you TK!

*sob*

Posted by: Cindy at February 9, 2011 9:38 AM

I have a 7 week old daughter and she's never leaving the house. Not. Ever.

I told the wife the other day that there are predators everywhere and she needs to be careful taking the baby out into public and she got all pissed at me and thought I was being dramatic. I'm gonna make her watch this trailer like 10 times.

Posted by: Chris from DE at February 9, 2011 9:50 AM

@Murderbot: In the trailer I saw, it looked like Clive Owen was about to take those guns and shot 'em all up, but then it went to some board meeting in some random office building. It must have been a scene from another movie, that's the only thing that makes sense.

Maybe if I had a kid, this would scare me, but I know the facts are that the likelihood of this happening to your child is less likely than being struck by lightning. My brain is calling (Penn & Teller's) bullshit the whole time.

That said... it was a damn well-made trailer. And spoiler alert, but it looks like the culprit may be the photographer for Clive Owen's ad agency/art gallery (or wherever he worked) and that he might have to confront his own culpability for promoting sexualized images of teens. If that's the case, that's a pretty interesting wrinkle to the story.

Posted by: RobP at February 9, 2011 9:57 AM

I'm with you Murderbot. Clive Owen is too damn cool to be playing these serious mush-mush drama roles where he doesn't ruin some asshole's day. Stop being all "versatile" and shit, Clive.

Things I may/may not have yelled at this trailer at 8:15 on a Wednesday morning:

"Pull my finger, Theo!"
"If this doesn't end with Noah Emmerich's talking severed head in the passenger seat I'm going to be very upset."
"PUNCH A CARROT THROUGH HIS FUCKING PEDERAST HEAD!"

Clint Eastwood had to go through 2 movies with an orangutan and avenge Morgan Freeman before he got all Madison County on us, and he can still kick ass.

Posted by: D-Day at February 9, 2011 10:06 AM

grace b:

Meet in a public place. Let your friends know where you are meeting him. Don't agree to go to his place. Try to take a picture of him with your cell phone camera.
I know this sounds paranoid, but it's necessary.

Posted by: PaddyDog at February 9, 2011 10:19 AM

Wow.
That actually looked good.

I shouldn't be surprised. The directing in Run Fatboy Run was pretty decent. Its major problem was that the script was appallingly bad from beginning to end.


Posted by: Simon at February 9, 2011 10:38 AM

I'm not just seeing this... I'm making my 15 year old daughter watch it too. I hope it scares the shit out of her, and I mean that in the most loving way you can imagine.

Posted by: curegirl0421 at February 9, 2011 11:03 AM

@Paddy, thank you, those are very good tips. I have alerted all my friends of our plans (going bowling) and I will be driving myself and know that I can leave if I feel uncomfortable at any time.

Not sure how I would manage the cell phone pic but I will keep it in mind. I honestly joined the site just to have a larger pool of guys to chose from and am extremely picky so hopefully I got a respectful and safe guy.

Posted by: grace b at February 9, 2011 11:16 AM

I also call bullshit on this. Yes, there are scary people online, and yes kids are somewhat gullible and susceptible to them, but the movies make it seem like every person met online is a scary stalker creep. I was a teenage girl when the internets first started to be a popular place to meet people, and I spent my fair share of time in chat rooms. There were creepy guys there, yes, but they were pretty obviously creepy. I also met a lot of really nice people, some of whom are friends of mine to this day.

And grace b: Being safe is important and good, but there are a lot of nice guys on those dating sites. I have a few male friends who met their wives on dating sites, and all are very happy. Don't let movies like this scare you away from trying these sites out...there's good stuff there!

Posted by: McSquish at February 9, 2011 11:26 AM

mcSquish:

There are lots of wonderful guys on the Internet. I don't mean to sound overly suspicious. The advice I gave grace b is the same advice my friends and I all followed when we were single back in the Stone Age (except for the camera phone pic because it hasn't been invented) when anyone was going on a blind date or on a date with someone no-one already knew, because one of our group had a pretty nasty experience in college so after that we just sort of formed a protocol to watch out for each other.

Posted by: PaddyDog at February 9, 2011 11:37 AM

That gave me the shivers. Brr.

There's a reason why I first asked to meet MrFig with a group of our online friends. Less likelihood of being chopped to pieces. And then I went to visit him...on my own. That was kind of monumentally stupid, but I was lucky.

But, I'd think that most people would be smart enough to ask for a video chat, or Skype, or some kind of hard proof (NOT photographs) that this kid existed. Photos and text messages just don't cut it anymore.

Posted by: Figgy at February 9, 2011 11:42 AM

Meeting up with someone you found online, is no different to meeting up with some random stranger you met at a club or down the supermarket. Take the same precautions for all types of dates.

Any decent guy is going to let you decide when you are sure you're ready for the first meet and he'll let you choose the venue so that you feel safer.

I've used dating sites in the past and (aside from posting on Pajiba) I'm pretty normal. One couple I know met on Match and are now happily married with kids and a mortgage.

The internet is not evil. It's just a tool, like the telephone or the motor engine, that is used by all sorts of people.

Posted by: Simon at February 9, 2011 11:49 AM

Shit. I told them this would happen when they invented the internet, I told them, the fucking idiots!
Shit.

Posted by: ada at February 9, 2011 11:53 AM

McSquish,

First, great name. Second, not all the people you run across in social media are naughty people. Why, some are even undercover cops.

Posted by: The Wanderer at February 9, 2011 1:14 PM

Not that boys are that well protected either. A girl who went to my High School allegedly got it on with 5 guys that she taught in Mason, OH. Say what you will about them not really being taken advantage of, but it still is a 33 yr old and a 17 yr old regardless of which is the boy and which is the girl.

Posted by: Mr. Shush at February 9, 2011 2:37 PM

Mcsquish, Simon, Paddy

All good things to think about. I know people who have dated via the internets and it seems to be losing a lot of its stigma. This guy and I chatted first through the messaging system and he has so far passed all of my criteria (smart, nice, employed, has hobbies, not a creeper). He gave me a few suggestions and I thought bowling seemed like the best idea: casual, cheap(ish), and also I just hate involving food so soon, I'm weird.

An update when I return? Haha.

Posted by: grace b at February 9, 2011 2:51 PM

@ Mr. Shush

Niiiiiicccee!! >.

Posted by: Murderbot at February 9, 2011 2:55 PM

I'm so tired of internet terror tropes. Here's a fact for you. You're more likely to get molested by the drunk guy at the bar sorrounded by his friends that seems oh so charismatic, than by the nerdy guy trying to meet a nice girl on the internet. I've tried the internet dating thing before. I've actually met some really amazing people, some of which I dated for a while, and some I still keep in contact with. Here's the shocker, neither they nor I molested anybody. Huh, go figure.

Posted by: Blank at February 9, 2011 2:57 PM

Wow. That looks surprisingly good. Well done, Ross.

Posted by: Melissa at February 9, 2011 3:22 PM

@ Blank

Very true, but that is not the fun of these wild interwebs. If you aren't getting molested, rich from a Nigerian official, or winding up talking with Chris Hansen then you are not doing it right.

Posted by: Mr. Shush at February 9, 2011 3:45 PM

....

Touche`

Posted by: Blank at February 9, 2011 4:06 PM

See, this is how you know you:-
a) are a worrier; and
b) spend too much time on Pajiba.

I'm reading this and thinking "I hope [random stranger I have never spoken to] was safe on her bowling date last night..."

@grace b, I also hope you didn't fall. Those stupid shoes.

Posted by: Lentil at February 9, 2011 9:23 PM

Aww thank you Lentil! I don't know if you'll actually see this but it was just fine. Guy was a total bore, never see him again but I did bowl one strike! I am fantastically horrible bowler but aside from that it was a-okay. :)

Posted by: grace b at February 12, 2011 9:48 AM

Oh, graceb, you underestimate the power of my worry if you think I wasn't going to check back in :) Sorry to hear it wasn't great. I myself had a bad "almost date" on the weekend - dude took me rollerblading. I fell. It was...deeply unpleasant.
Hope your next one goes better!

Posted by: Lentil at February 15, 2011 1:30 AM