SXSW Film Reviews

Cherry

Putting aside the question of whether the world really needs another movie about an American boy virgin, this is an awfully likable entry into the cherry-poppin' canon. Twitchy overachiever and budding artist Aaron (played with a perma-cringe by Veronica Mars' Gallner) spends his first semester at university distracted by the competing interests of his comely thirtysomething classmate (Allen) and her equally lovely 15-year-old daughter (Robertson). Despite some tonal inconsistencies and ill-fitting stabs at whimsy, all-around good performances, Fine's snappy script, and Michael Hoskins' original illustrations elevate Cherry into a sensitively felt and fundamentally sweet coming-of-age pic.