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"Part documentary, part performance film, “Trust Us, This Is All Made Up” explores the magic and mystery of long-form improv with nothing but two men, three chairs, eight cameras and an expectant audience... What follows is a creative tour de force, an intellectual high-wire act as astonishing as it is entertaining. Anchored by a remarkable 2008 show at the Barrow Street Theater in the West Village, “Trust Us” fleshes out the artistic process with a brief prologue covering the genesis of the act (both men are alumni of Second City in Chicago) and its people-watching preparation ritual... Occasionally splitting the screen to remind us the men are not a single entity, the director, Alex Karpovsky, gives life and form to the invisible act of one brain sparking another, showcasing a connection as ineffable as creativity itself."

Jeannette Catsoulis, THE NEW YORK TIMES