Review: “Trust in Love” offers rocking commentary on love and divorce.
Divorce changes a family. It is usually a part of a series of events that change the lives of every member of a family. The film Trust in…
Divorce changes a family. It is usually a part of a series of events that change the lives of every member of a family. The film Trust in Love attempts to catalog the most issues in an effort to follow a family going through the end of a longtime marriage. The issues do end up being a lot for one plot to handle. What saves the film is the cameos and walking pop culture references pulled into the story by the main character Mickey Ferrara (Jimi Petulla) and his job as a longtime music producer.
Trust in Love opens with Mickey and his wife Sophie (Natasha Wilson) getting ready for their anniversary. The story is narrated by their son Cody (Logan Arditty), who breaks the fourth wall a few times in his introduction. One time is to warn the audience not to stare too hard at his beautiful mother. Through Cody, the family’s secrets are revealed, like the crush that his sister Jennifer (Sydney Bullock) has on her riding instructor (played by Justin Landers). The instructor also has a large role to play in the family drama later on.
Cody is not a consistent narrator for the film. He stops giving the lowdown on the family when his own life becomes too complex to navigate. Issues of identity, bullying, and expression are more than Cody can handle. His sister Jennifer also has a myriad of teen issues to deal with just as their parents’ marriage implodes. She turns to substances.
Throughout the entire film, Mickey is trying to navigate the divorce, keep his family intact, and please his barefoot brother Bobby. There are DUI’s, an orgy that his kids witness, and more. She wife Sofia isn’t any better with her crisis of identity and sudden foray into life as a single lady.
All of this complex drama happens around a cast of oddball characters and cameos of rock legends like The Doors guitarist Robert Krieger. Trust in Love tries very hard to create a commentary on love, divorce, and family. Some viewers may see the film as succeeding in creating a nice ending to all the drama stirred. Others may see the ending as too neat.
Whatever the case, the film does explore the many issues that accompany divorce and does so with humor and rock music. Trust in Love is available on AppleTV+ and other streaming platforms.