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Tru Confessions

Tru Confessions

TV Movie · Family · Drama · 2002

Trudy Walker hated her life. She thought it was totally messed up until she found out about a contest that could change everything...

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Tru Confessions

2002 TV Movie · Family · Drama 1h 23m

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6.8 / 10

Community rating

Trudy Walker hated her life. She thought it was totally messed up until she found out about a contest that could change everything...

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Paul Hoen

Written by

Janet Tashjian · Stu Krieger

Clara Bryant

Clara Bryant

Trudy 'Tru' Walker

Shia LaBeouf

Shia LaBeouf

Eddie Walker

Mare Winningham

Mare Winningham

Ginny

William Francis McGuire

William Francis McGuire

Bob

N

Nicole Dicker

Denise

Kevin Duhaney

Kevin Duhaney

Jake

Yani Gellman

Yani Gellman

Billy

Court is in session

Put Tru Confessions on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.