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Cherish

Play trailer Poster for Cherish R 2002 1h 42m Comedy Drama Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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A bizarre situation involving lots of drinks, a stalker, a car, and a policeman leads to the house arrest of normally mild-mannered San Francisco animator Zoe Adler (Robin Tunney). Though confined to her apartment by an electronic bracelet, Zoe is intent on clearing her name, so she enlists the aid of her kindhearted parole officer, Daly (Tim Blake Nelson), who stops by regularly. As Daly assists Zoe in her investigation, the two begin to fall for each other, resulting in an unlikely romance.
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The different genres in Cherish don't mesh well, and the quirkiness sometimes feels too forced.

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Hank Sartin Chicago Reader 02/13/2014
The mix of tones can be jarring, but it all has an odd charm. Go to Full Review Keith Phipps AV Club 02/13/2014
In the end, it becomes the cinematic equivalent of one of the songs Tunney adores: enjoyable enough while it lasts, but so thin that its ingratiating charms seem as much a source of frustration as pleasure. Go to Full Review Christy Lemire Associated Press 02/13/2014
Cherish is one of those movies in which the soundtrack is better than the movie itself. Go to Full Review M. K. Terrell Christian Science Monitor 02/13/2014
2.5/4
A witty little thriller emerges as Zoe, under house arrest, resourcefully stretches her electronic anklet's restrictions. Go to Full Review Anita Schmaltz Metro Times (Detroit, MI) 02/13/2014
2.5/5
With all the time spent watching stir-crazy manacled Zoe viewing too much TV and listening to too much Human League, you can't help but feel like you're under house arrest too. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Todd C @RT83692240 Apr 16 Best use of pop-rock love songs in a movie I've ever seen. Robin Tunney at her best! A couple details I especially like. (1) Zoe's transformation in her final scene is communicated with subtlety and style. She's now dressed kind of like her former boss, whose clothes she said she admired, but she's got the curls back (after having straightened her hair to look like her boss) and is wearing a cute little hat - she's got her own style. And she has a girl pal! (2)The repeated allusions to her stalker's mental imagery informs the depravity of his obsession. He doesn't know her but is infatuated with a tawdry image of her. Daly, by contrast, has his own fantasy about her revealed in the final scene as a classy lady swinging from a yacht (with curls!). The difference is Daly's obsession is rooted in reality (he really does get to know Zoe) and accompanied by care for her; whereas the stalker's obsession is rooted in a dark fantasy and accompanied by rage and deep feelings of inadequacy. See more 06/29/2017 Robin Tunney is so impossibly freakin adorable. See more 08/30/2016 This film is bad. I mean, make you angry bad. The plot is obsurd, and the only thing more disconnected from the plot are the characters. The protagonist doesn't seem to understand the gravity of her situation and may be just as crazy as her stalker villain boyfriend. See more 08/11/2013 This is a simplistic and strange story. I definitely wouldn't recommend it to anyone. See more 05/23/2013 odd and quirky movie that is actually pretty interesting. robin tunney gives a good performnace and so does tim blake nelson ( who to me is normally boring) . worth watching if you are looking for something different and outside the mainstream. this is a mash up of different genres but somehow it works See more 01/22/2013 Disgustingly dull. Preposterous. Oh indie films... you'll be the death of me. The film is about a girl attacked by a stalker and ends up manslaughtering a cop. She suffers the rest of the movie under house arrest. Underrated Tim Blake Nelson falls for her for some unknown reason. And then it ends like Home Alone meets Saw. Not very thrilling at all. See more Read all reviews
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Finn Taylor

Director

Robin Tunney

Zoe Adler

Tim Blake Nelson

Deputy Bill Daly

Brad Hunt

D.J.

Liz Phair

Brynn

Jason Priestley

Andrew

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Cherish

Tim Blake Nelson in a scene from CHERISH. Tim Blake Nelson and Robin Tunney in a scene from CHERISH. Jason Priestley in a scene from CHERISH. Liz Phair from Fine Line Features' CHERISH. Robin Tunney in a scene from CHERISH. View more photos

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Synopsis A bizarre situation involving lots of drinks, a stalker, a car, and a policeman leads to the house arrest of normally mild-mannered San Francisco animator Zoe Adler (Robin Tunney). Though confined to her apartment by an electronic bracelet, Zoe is intent on clearing her name, so she enlists the aid of her kindhearted parole officer, Daly (Tim Blake Nelson), who stops by regularly. As Daly assists Zoe in her investigation, the two begin to fall for each other, resulting in an unlikely romance.
Director
Finn Taylor
Producer
Johnny Wow, Mark Burton
Screenwriter
Finn Taylor
Distributor
Fine Line Features
Production Co
3 Ring Circus, Concrete Pictures
Rating
R (Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 7, 2002, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$160.3K
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)