Review of Love and Distrust (2010) by Lindsay S — 22 Nov 2010

"Love and Distrust" is a collection of five short episodes more suited to a tv series. The best episode is "Pennies" with Amy Adams who does some superb acting as a troubled waitress who has to come up with money to pay a debt. It's directed with dry wit and the secret at the end is a surprise. I actually loved this segment and watched it twice.

The other interesting segment is "Grasshopper" with James Franco but he plays the role too laid back with actorly mannerisms. Do we need so many glazed stares from this actor deepening his frown lines on his handsome face? The woman passenger, Rachel Miner ,is actually the subject of the piece but we don't know enough of both of their backgrounds to get emotionally involved in either character. The worst segment is "The Summer House" with Robert Pattinson. "The Summer House" with San Worthington is worthless and "Auto Motives" with Robert Downey Jr. and James Cameron (as himself) is annoying. It's one of those movies that you wonder why it was made.