Trust the Man

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Trust The Man

Directed by	Bart Freundlich
Produced by	Sidney Kimmel Tim Perell
Written by	Bart Freundlich
Starring	David Duchovny Billy Crudup Julianne Moore Maggie Gyllenhaal Eva Mendes James Le Gros
Music by	Clint Mansell
Distributed by	Fox Searchlight
Release date(s)	August 18, 2006
Running time	103 min.
Language	English
Budget	$10,000,000
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Trust the Man is a film starring David Duchovny, Billy Crudup, Julianne Moore and Maggie Gyllenhaal. It was written and directed by Bart Freundlich. It primarily deals with three relationships, and a realizaton of just how important those relationships are. It had a limited release on August 18, 2006.

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Rebecca (Moore) is a film actress who is about to make her stage debut at Lincoln Center. Her husband Tom (Duchovny) gave up a lucrative job in advertising to take care of their young daughter. Occasionally Tom and Rebecca have sex; once a year they meet with their therapist (Garry Shandling).

Tom and Rebecca's best friends are her brother Tobey (Crudup), a sportswriter, and his girlfriend Elaine (Gyllenhaal). Elaine, who has been dating Tobey for seven years, has begun to feel the ticking of her biological clock.

Tom and Rebecca each face extramarital temptations. Tom responds to a personal crisis that stems from his decision to choose kids over career by watching pornography and having an affair with a divorced mother from his son's school. Rebecca is pursued on the set by a young costar, Jasper (Justin Bartha), who would like to be able to claim that he's bedded a famous actress.