Trust (2011)

Fourteen-year-old Chicago High School Freshman Annie has started a flirtation with a 16-year-old Sophomore from California. They get closer -- the usual “you’re the only one who gets me” conversations follow...and then he reveals he’s not 16, he’s a 20-year-old college kid. After a beat, she accepts that he only lied in the first place so he wouldn’t come off as superior. A little later he admits to being 25...which is upsetting, but ultimately also acceptable because she’s so special and age shouldn’t matter. And then they meet and he’s even older than that and...

A good film for parents to remind them that there can be too much freedom in your kids' lives and a good film for kids to point out the very real dangers of anonymous chatting. The story got a little muddied when it focused on the fallout for the parents instead of staying firmly on Annie, but that’s pretty forgivable. It did a good job of giving us the power of what happened without ever getting graphic about the subject matter.

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