Julianne Moore, David Duchovny, Billy Crudup

This comedy follows the romantic escapades of two couples -- a successful actress and her stay-at-home husband and her slacker younger brother and his aspiring novelist girlfriend -- as they search fo...( read more  read more... )r love in the midst of careers, family, infidelity and the ever-daunting search for Manhattan street parking.

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100 critics

R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Bart Freundlich

Release Date: August 18, 2006

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DVD Release Date: February 6, 2007

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  • July 25, 2008
    Adjusting to being a stay-at-home dad is not as easy as expected for Tom (David Duchovny, Full Frontal), and his frustrations are beginning to manifest themselves in his relationship with actress wife Rebecca (Julianne Moore, Boogie Nights). He's not getting the sex he wants, and...( read more) she's feeling more and more distant. Meanwhile, Tom's best friend (and Rebecca's brother) Tobey (Billy Crudup, Almost Famous) is doing his best to remain carefree and unencumbered, despite growing pressure from his long-time girlfriend Elaine (Maggie Gyllenhaal, World Trade Center) to commit to the relationship and start a family. The four each navigate their personal crises, and try to accommodate each other's flaws while trying to stay together. The movie is attempting to compare and contrast male/female relationships, communication styles, and priorities, and it does so by exploring stereotypical problems with a fresh twist. Duchovny's character is feeling under-sexed. Unusually begins to wonder if he could be a sex addict or worse, as the audience can see much of his discontent stems from initial boredom at becoming a house husband. Crudup's character is reluctant to commit, again a familiar trope for men in the movies. But rather than write this off as typical maleness, other issues such as a fear of death are explored. On the female side, Moore plays a successful film actress looking for fulfillment in the theatre, setting her off-balance enough to contribute indirectly to the diminishment of her marriage, while Gyllenhaal's writer seems to have a strong sense of the direction in which she wants her life to go, only to find deeply-rooted uncertainty beneath the surface informing some questionable choices. Duchovny and Moore have an easy chemistry in playing a convincing married couple with unspoken history and lasting affection for one another that's never completely eclipsed by the tensions in their relationship.
  • June 28, 2008
    Unexpectedly great film. Duchovny and Crudup are amazing in their "unfaithful husbands" roles.
  • May 2, 2008
    nice to see duchovny on the big screen again, he and moore play well of each other,also evident in their first project evolution. A nice surprise to see crudup playing the immature one really charming guy, would be geat to see him in more leading roles...waiting for watchmen
  • April 20, 2008
    This movie follows two couples in Manhattan go through some turmoil. Do they stay with their significant others, or do they test the waters? I guess you have to live in NYC to get all the parking humour.
  • December 6, 2007
    Again, a movie that I liked a lot more than I thought I might have. Although, it profoundly bugs me when people in movies just don't know how to talk to each other, a problem that plagued the folks in this one. David Cuchovny is fantastic in comedies, and really clicks with Julia...( read more)nne Moore onscreen. (If you liked them in this, you should get a load of Evolution.) Billy Crudup and Maggie Gyllenhaal were a little less endearing, but it was a very funny and very human movie all around. Its quirkiness and down to earth quality save it when it isn't being funny. Great little flick.
  • September 5, 2009
    Great cast, decent movie. I had a couple of drinks and enjoyed it.
  • May 5, 2009
    On paper, this was supposed to be a good film. It failed to deliver. Crudup and Moore were wasted in this.
  • April 5, 2009
    It was a bad movie. The story was lame and boring that?s the point.
  • March 25, 2009
    Julianne Moore is good but the movie is just sort of blah.
  • March 24, 2009
    Good acting, not that good story...

Critic Reviews


September 1, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

I wish the film were true to itself and its quartet of puzzled, struggling lovers; their collapse into sitcom idiocy felt uncomfortably close to betrayal. full review

August 31, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

The people behind this film would not recognize complex, honest emotion if it hit them in the face with a frying pan. full review

August 21, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim

Trust the Maxim. Take a pass. full review

August 18, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today

This comedy about two self-absorbed New York couples feels like wan Woody Allen. full review

August 11, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Until someone truly reinvents the stagnant romantic-comedy genre, trifles like Bart Freundlich's Trust the Man will have to suffice. full review

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