Cherry

Narrative Feature, Emerging Visions
D: Jeffrey Fine; with Kyle Gallner, Laura Allen, Britt Robertson, Esai Morales, Matt Walsh

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.

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This article appears in March 19 • 2010.

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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...