Trust (2010)

Annie is a 14 yrs old girl who starts getting into an online relationship with a guy called Charlie. It starts casually and becomes very intense. They meet up and Charlie actually turns out to be a 35 yrs old man. He entices her with sweet words and has sex with Annie who is helpless and thinks that Charlie truly loves her.

Thanks to Brittany, Annie's best friend at school, this episode is soon known to the FBI and to Annie's parents. The ensuing investigation behind this pedophile's identity and the mental turmoil that the family goes through is the crux of this movie.

There are some amazing performances be it from Liana Liberato as Annie, the young girl who blindly trusts the man who had raped her, Clive Owen as the responsible father who feels restless and frustrated at the entire episode and Catherine Keener as the concerned mother who is deeply affected as well.

You feel pretty impacted by the entire episode through which Annie is literally drawn into the pedophile's web. Her continued trust on him, shows the typical immaturity and naive nature of a 14 yrs old girl. Her conversations with the therapist are striking as well.

The last scene when the dad and daughter mend their differences and decide to bury the entire episode, is a true class act and a fitting end to the movie. The identity of the pedophile is also a subtle shocker in the end.

VERDICT: Intense family drama that is serious throughout.