Though not quite on the same level as his directorial debut ‘Choke’ (at least for me), actor/filmmaker Clark Gregg shows us that he’s a real multi-hyphenate with his sophomore project ‘Trust Me’, a Hollywood satire with a lot going for it. Gregg has cast the film quite well, including placing himself in the lead, a place I wish the actor found himself in more often. He’s not shy about making a character at least somewhat unlikable, and a film looking to skewer tinsel town really needs to have that. Gregg is specifically looking at the world through the eyes of a talent agent, notably in terms of child stars, and that also gives this flick a different angle. For about an hour, this is a really strong black comedy, and even if the final third goes in a different direction that I didn’t like nearly as much, this is still a very solid movie and one of the better things to have screened so far at the Tribeca Film Festival. It’s very hard not to be a fan of Gregg, and he’s only making it more difficult here. The man is quickly becoming more than just a character actor, and that delights me to no end.
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Tags: 2013 releases, actors who direct, Allison Janney, Amanda Peet, Clark Gregg, Felicity Huffman, Molly Shannon, Paul Sparks, Sam Rockwell, Saxon Sharbino, Tribeca Film Festival, Trust Me, William H. Macy
