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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperWood and Cage have a terrific dynamic together.
- 80The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe script, by Adam Hirsch and Benjamin Brewer, is full of both humor and menace, giving the actors plenty to work with. That makes for an enjoyably slow buildup to an unexpected ending.
- 63Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThroughout Alex and Benjamin Brewer's film, Nicolas Cage holds the screen with his distinct timing and expressive force of being.
- 58The PlaylistCharlie SchmidlinThe PlaylistCharlie SchmidlinThe Trust is many other things — darkly funny, flawed, with a eminently watchable dynamic between Cage and Wood — but from frame one it reasonably entertains, while its characters have nothing but contempt for one another.
- 50VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangCage supplies a stream of tension-defusing laughs while the script steadily applies the screws, but this disposable exercise in comic nihilism offers only a modest payoff at best.
- 50Village VoiceApril WolfeVillage VoiceApril WolfeIn The Trust, the stylish new heist film from Alex and Benjamin Brewer, we get a brief, satisfying, darkly comic peek at everyday Vegas life as lived by low-level LVPD officers. Then the film quickly loses focus and forgets the quirky characters that make the city — and the story — special.
- 50New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartA so-so heist movie whose dirty-cop character’s personality must have been described in the screenplay as “Nicolas Cage-esque.” Fortunately, Cage was available.
- 50Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleFor reminding us all that Cage has a peculiarly gifted way with erratic types, The Trust has merit, but the rest of it strains to hold one’s interest.
- 50RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyA moderately entertaining heist movie featuring an animated and reasonably diverting Eccentric Cage Performance.