SERIES PREMIERE: Based on the early episodes of this new series — which, like the movie All the Money in the World, is a dramatization of the 1973 kidnapping of the grandson of John Paul Getty — there are two standout characters and performances. One is Donald Sutherland as eccentric oil billionaire Getty, and the other is Brendan Fraser as James Fletcher Chase, Getty’s all-around problem-fixer. (Imagine Fraser as a sort of cowboy Ray Donovan, if Donovan actually enjoyed his job and life.) Director Danny Boyle helms the first three episodes, and they crackle with good fun, opulent visuals, and occasional surprises. As American crime stories go, Trust is a lot more satisfying, at least initially, than the real American Crime Story entry from FX, The Assassination of Gianni Versace. For full reviews, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower and Ed Bark's Uncle Barky's Bytes.

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