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Trust Me [VHS]

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To be honest the only reason I bought it was because that beautiful man Adam is in it. I was surprised at how good this movie is! It is a well written and acted movie and can be very funny at times. I wont go into the plot because you just read about it a minute ago. If you buy Adam's movies- then this one is a must.

this is a really cute movie. i was very excited to see that adam ant is in this movie from beginning to end (unlike some other of his movies) he does play a bad guy VERY WELL.
the movie is very sweet and not too cheesy to watch again and again. i think the overall rating is a 3.5-4 stars,but ADAM'S
performance (and accent) rate a 10+

Ex-Rocker Adam Ant plays James Callendar, an uptown L.A. art dealer on the downswing with his creditors. His Porsche will be past tense if he doesn't pay up in full. But Callendar makes a sly discovery: The problem with all the art hanging in his gallery is that all of its creators are still alive. If he could just find the right artist - talented and . . . terminal.
Sam Brown (David Packer) provides the perfect patsy. He's a gifted but gullible artist whose total lack of interest in commercial success has Callendar foaming at the mouth with greed. Can Callendar solve the tricky problem of Sam's stubborn good health - or will Sam become a late, great legend? It's a comically shocking situation.

I bought this movie becuase it was cheap and featured Adam Ant. Adam may not be Oscar material, but he always play a good part and this movie is no exception. I was quite suprised at how many movies he has been in and so I had to start purchasing them all. This one was a good one and has a nice story line that won't put you to sleep. A definite must for any Adam Ant fan like myself.

It is apparent that director Bobby Houston's interest in savaging the made to be lampooned denizens of the modern art community is a primary consideration for this film set along trendy Gallery Row on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles. However, the production wants those components necessary for consideration as full-formed satire, instead opting for its strongest emphasis upon a plot full of holes with characters who generate only a moderate amount of interest. Adam Ant portrays James Callendar, owner of a gallery where business is languishing due to the success of his competitors who have covenants with more significant artists. Callendar believes that the output by these artisans has heightened value because the painters are deceased, whereby he becomes resolved to discover an individual who is both talented and alive, but who will then conveniently die after his canvases gain wide acceptance, consequently greatly increasing their worth. Introduced at this point is Sam Brown (David Packer) who is aesthetically endowed but totally disinterested in selling his works, thus presenting a prime opportunity for Callendar who must yet overcome the barrier of Brown's being above ground. The situation becomes more complex when Callendar's assistant and lover Catherine, played very well by Talia Balsam, begins an amorous relationship with the reticent painter. Some witty segments are confronted with slack direction and, although one wishes to admire the film, nearly all scenes lack that skillful editing needed for logical narrative continuity. This shortcoming opposes the development of character essential for a projected black comedy, one notable example being when Brown, initially scripted as being extremely shy and non-communicative with adults, abruptly shifts into a condition of volubility. Acting honours go to Balsam, whose comedic timing suggests what the picture might have been with crisper direction, while there are scintillas of barbed humour upon occasion, although too seldom to allow the movie to rise above a sluggish condition.