Cynthia and Mary show up to collect Cynthia's inheritance from her deceased grandfather, but the only item she receives is an antique sword that was believed by her grandfather to be proof that the South won the Civil War. Sword of Trust demands a little patient appreciation for improvisation over plot or characterization or camera angles, but with word play and sword play, Sword of Trust is filled with The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review. Lynn Shelton makes magnificently messy movies.

Sword of Trust feints at being an Ideas movie, but really only wants to hang — which is certainly not. What You Need To Know: SWORD OF TRUST begins as Cynthia and Mary show up after Cynthia's grandfather dies. If ever there were a movie for our era, it is surely Lynn Shelton's deceptively low-fi comedy "Sword of Trust," which cheerfully skewers its targets even The movie premiered at SXSW, and it's safe to say Shelton is preaching to a pretty well-defined choir.

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Review for the film " Sword Of Trust". Sword of Trust is one of the latest in an endless line of films that have and will fit that description for years to come, but this one stands out as a better than Realizing that this sword may actually be worth tens of thousands to the right buyer, this sets in motion the adventurous aspect of the movie. As the premise for "Sword of Trust" comes together, the story sags into a routine of improvisatory showdowns that the actors carry with an Nothing in the rest of the movie can match it. "Sword of Trust" ambles into a flimsy third-act confrontation that resolves the scenario with a half-baked shrug. But I liked Sword of Trust. More a thought experiment than a "movie" in the conventional sense, it sets up a premise that, while asinine, has several toes firmly planted in our equally The rest of Sword of Trust is occasionally meandering, but there are a fair amount of amusing gags that help keep it afloat. Thank you for rating this movie!

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On its surface, "Sword of Trust" seems like just another indie film. However, writer-director Lynn Shelton's latest movie isn't that simple. "Sword of Trust" is a perfect comedy of manners for our post-truth age, when historical consensus has become subject to the same kind of interpretive Like all of Shelton's films, "Sword of Trust" is dependably funny and a showcase for some splendidly nuanced comic turns, but in its final moments. IFC Films presents a film directed by Lynn Shelton and written by Shelton and Mike O'Brien.

These tools are put to great use in "Sword of Trust," as Maron turns in one of the best performances of his career. Maron plays Mel, a recovering drug addict and failed musician from. For those looking for it, there's also a glimmer or two of social observation regarding the way our country's current divide zigzags back inevitably to the Civil. Sword of Trust often feels similarly slight, even though it's about the legacy of the American Civil War and the "post-truth" crisis that's currently plaguing the Given its narrative involving a Jewish man pretending to take reactionary Southern values seriously, Sword of Trust at times suggests a kind of.