About Cherry

Name: About Cherry
Genre: Drama
Released: September 21, 2012
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 33
Cast: Ashley Hinshaw, Dev Patel, Heather Graham, James Franco, Lili Taylor

2012

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IFC Films | Release Date: September 21, 2012 | R

Starring: Ashley Hinshaw, Dev Patel, Heather Graham, James Franco, Lili Taylor

Summary: This bold debut film by author Stephen Elliott, a visual love letter to San Francisco, is the story of high school student Angelica (a mesmerizing Ashley Hinshaw), whose choices lead her from a depressing home life and dead-end job in Los Angeles to the fetish-filled Bay Area adult film world. A stepfather with dark motives lurks in theThis bold debut film by author Stephen Elliott, a visual love letter to San Francisco, is the story of high school student Angelica (a mesmerizing Ashley Hinshaw), whose choices lead her from a depressing home life and dead-end job in Los Angeles to the fetish-filled Bay Area adult film world. A stepfather with dark motives lurks in the background, as Angelica watches over her younger sister and questions her options. In memorable supporting roles are Festival favorite Lili Taylor as Angelica’s manic and opportunistic mother, Jonny Weston as her sexy but sleazy boyfriend and Dev Patel as best friend and much-needed nonsexual support. The vibrant cast also includes James Franco as a coke-addicted attorney who spots Angelica in a strip club, and Heather Graham as a female porn director who launches “Cherry’s” adult film career with mixed feelings. A gritty and defiantly voyeuristic look at the life of a youth who never loses her innocence, even as she gyrates for the camera, Cherry captures a rare point of view, urging us to consider the delicate tension between body and self by focusing on society’s most sought after objects of desire. (IFC Films)… Expand

Director: Stephen Elliott

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 102 min

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James Berardinelli

Aug 23, 2012

Where About Cherry fails is in its depiction of interpersonal relationships. Nearly all of them are flat and uninspired. Read full review

Alison Willmore

Sep 19, 2012

Demanding everyone accept you as you are can be a way of refusing to compromise, and the film's failure to explore this aspect of the lifestyle its portraying is almost as disappointing as moralizing would be. Read full review

Rex Reed

Sep 18, 2012

James Franco's role hardly exists. He's a doped-up cipher who attends museum openings and drives his car into a cement wall, looking as bored and out of place as he did hosting the Academy Awards. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Sep 20, 2012

The fatal flaw of this well-acted movie, whose creators are sex industry veterans, is its refusal to examine Angelina's occupation from outside the bubble. You might even call it a recruitment film. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Oct 3, 2012

Prostitutes have inspired some of the most unforgettable characters in fiction. As for all of its effect on Angelina, she might as well have saved herself the wear and tear and stayed in the laundry. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Sep 21, 2012

This is just a slow-moving skin flick broken up by lots of boring discussions about Cherry's future. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Sep 20, 2012

Ah, perfect: A banal story to go with intermittently banal porn. Read full review

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Dani1

May 4, 2015

This was an EXCELLENT movie for its uniqueness. FINALLY, a movie that AFFIRMS WOMEN for who they ARE & the choices THEY make! The THREE female actors: Ashley Hinshaw, Lil Taylor, and Heather Graham were ALL EXCELLENT, and FINALLY portrayed WOMEN who did not have to end up with a MAN to beThis was an EXCELLENT movie for its uniqueness. FINALLY, a movie that AFFIRMS WOMEN for who they ARE & the choices THEY make! The THREE female actors: Ashley Hinshaw, Lil Taylor, and Heather Graham were ALL EXCELLENT, and FINALLY portrayed WOMEN who did not have to end up with a MAN to be "complete!" And San Francisco, the most open-minded city in the United States, was the BEST PLACE to shoot this film!… Expand

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NavQ

Jan 21, 2013

I wasn't sure what to expect from this film as I knew nothing about it. As girl girl sex seems to be the 'in' thing just now I just hoped it wasn't jumping on the bandwagon because of "Chloe" and "Black Swan". Also sexy films are doing the rounds with two new ones about Linda LovelaceI wasn't sure what to expect from this film as I knew nothing about it. As girl girl sex seems to be the 'in' thing just now I just hoped it wasn't jumping on the bandwagon because of "Chloe" and "Black Swan". Also sexy films are doing the rounds with two new ones about Linda Lovelace planned for 2013 and "About Cherry" is a good example of a sexy film. Ashley Hinshaw certainly doesn't act like a rookie in this and manages to put her fresh faced appeal into the role as she is convincing as a newcomer to the porn industry. Instead of showing the darker side of adult film making Stephen Elliot has given a look at how family and friends are ultimately the ones who pay the price of the decisions that are made. The whole cast were good and I liked the pacing. An OK adult movie.

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