<i>Trust</i> Is a Stylish, Hollow Spectacle
The new FX drama about the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III lacks emotional punch.
by Sophie Gilbert
Mar 24, 2018
4 minutes
Last year, asked by a writer from why there’s , the director Danny Boyle was forthright. “I like momentum,” he said. “Really, genuinely, I’m addicted to it … It defines the art form of cinema.” But it’s also one of those things that, over time, begins to feel less like a trademark and more like a tic. In , the director’s new 10-episode series for FX about the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, there’s plenty to identify his hand. A frenetic sex-and-drug-fueled set piece in the middle of Rome as police clash with protestors nearby. A traumatic come-down
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