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NUMBERS
Box Office: $160,268
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CONSENSUS
The different genres in Cherish don't mesh well, and the quirkiness sometimes feels too forced.
CAST & CREW
Robin Tunney, Tim Blake Nelson, Jason Priestley
Directed by Finn Taylor
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SYNOPSIS
A fantasy-prone young woman confronts a life-altering reality when she is placed in a house arrest program in Finn Taylor’s vibrant Cherish. more...
MPAA RATING
R, For Language
RUNTIME
1 hour, 45 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Jun 7, 2002
Video: Dec 10, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Fine Line Features
GENRE
Comedies, Dramas, Romance, Stalkers, Music
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Cherish Site
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SOUNDTRACK REVIEWS
PARENTS EVALUATION
TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
PRODUCTION NOTES
NEWS ARTICLES
LINKS
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "An imaginative comedy/thriller."
-- Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
"While Cherish doesn't completely survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller, it's got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
 "It's easy to love Robin Tunney -- she's pretty and she can act -- but it gets harder and harder to understand her choices."
-- Luke Y. Thompson, NEW TIMES
"Somehow both wildly implausible and strangely conventional."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"A mischievous visual style and oodles of charm make 'Cherish' a very good (but not great) movie."
-- Eric D. Snider, ERICDSNIDER.COM
"An extraordinarily silly thriller."
-- Steve Schneider, ORLANDO WEEKLY
"A peculiar misfire that even Tunney can't save."
-- Rene Rodriguez, MIAMI HERALD
"Cherish is a dud -- a romantic comedy that's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
"As off-putting and mysteriously endearing as its heroine."
-- Mary F. Pols, CONTRA COSTA TIMES
"Cherish would've worked a lot better had it been a short film."
-- David Nusair, REEL FILM REVIEWS
"You'll be entertained and utterly engrossed in this deceptively challenging little thriller."
-- Roger Moore, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"...Tunney is allowed to build an uncommonly human character, an almost real-live girl complete with trouble and hope."
-- Philip Martin, ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
"A lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get involved with her."
-- Jean Lowerison, SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN
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"Not always too whimsical for its own good (but enough to do harm), this strange hybrid of crime thriller, quirky character study, third-rate romance and female empowerment fantasy never really finds the tonal or thematic glue it needs."
-- Bob Strauss, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"It's best to avoid imprisonment with the dull, nerdy folks that inhabit Cherish."
-- Gerry Shamray, SUN NEWSPAPERS OF CLEVELAND
"Although it doesn't always hang together -- violence and whimsy don't combine easily -- "Cherish" certainly isn't dull."
-- James Sanford, KALAMAZOO GAZETTE
"Drama-thriller-romance with lite music and heavy subtext is a slight near miss, but still fascinating."
-- James Rocchi, NETFLIX
"Armed with a rad '80s soundtrack and a winning cast (including indie rocker Liz Phair), Cherish is an ingenious low-budget thriller."
-- Jackie Potts, CITYSEARCH
"The directing and story are disjointed, flaws that have to be laid squarely on Taylor's doorstep. But the actors make this worth a peek."
-- Sue Pierman, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
"A film that presents an interesting, even sexy premise then ruins itself with too many contrivances and goofy situations."
-- Kim Morgan, OREGONIAN
"The idea is more interesting than the screenplay, which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy, unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run."
-- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"Feels aimless for much of its running time, until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives, leaving questions in its wake."
-- Moira MacDonald, SEATTLE TIMES
"A captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait, romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller."
-- Joe Leydon, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
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ROTTEN 43%
Avg. Rating: 5.7/10 |
"An eccentric little comic/thriller deeply in love with its own quirky personality."
-- Chris Vognar, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"An unfortunate title for a film that has nothing endearing about it."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"A dopey movie clothed in excess layers of hipness."
-- Jan Stuart, NEWSDAY
"A disoriented but occasionally disarming saga packed with moments out of an Alice in Wonderland adventure, a stalker thriller, and a condensed season of TV's Big Brother."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Tunney, brimming with coltish, neurotic energy, holds the screen like a true star."
-- Steven Rea, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"The thriller side of this movie is falling flat, as the stalker doesn't do much stalking, and no cop or lawyer grasps the concept of actually investigating the case."
-- Janice Page, BOSTON GLOBE
"Suffers from unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense of its own quirky hipness."
-- Richard Nilsen, ARIZONA REPUBLIC
"[Taylor] takes us on a ride that's consistently surprising, easy to watch -- but, oh, so dumb."
-- John Monaghan, DETROIT FREE PRESS
"It collapses when Mr. Taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller's rush."
-- Elvis Mitchell, NEW YORK TIMES
"An endearingly offbeat romantic comedy with a great meet-cute gimmick."
-- Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST
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"Both the crime story and the love story are unusual. But they don't fit well together and neither is well told."
-- Bruce Kirkland, JAM! MOVIES
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