| Trusting Beatrice | |
| Director: | Cindy Lou Johnson |
| Producer: | Mark Evan Jacobs Cindy Lou Johnson |
| Starring: | Irène Jacob |
| Music: | Stanley Myers |
| Cinematography: | Bernd Heinl |
| Editing: | Camilla Toniolo |
| Studio: | J. J. Films |
| Distributor: | Castle Hill Productions |
| Runtime: | 86 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Trusting Beatrice is a 1993 American romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Cindy Lou Johnson and starring Irène Jacob.
According to Jacob, the film was shot in five weeks.[1] The fact that her English was “shaky” at the time helped Jacob earn the role of Beatrice.
The film was released in Los Angeles on January 29, 1993.[2] There, it earned $3,349 on its opening weekend.[3] The film then had its New York premiere at the Quad Cinema on February 12, 1993.
Vincent Canby of The New York Times gave the film a negative review, calling it "the sort of failed comedy that becomes increasingly difficult to watch as it proceeds."[4]
Michael Wilmington of the Los Angeles Times also gave the film a negative review and wrote that it "means to soar and sing, but it’s blocky, awkward, forced."[5]
The Chicago Tribune also gave the film a negative review: "Johnson, in her first feature film, has turned out a wan romantic comedy whose screenplay is its downfall, a concoction containing more holes than laughs, more cliches than creativity."[6]