About Cherry

2012

About Cherry

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Cherry is about Angelina (Ashley Hinshaw), an 18-year-old girl on the verge of finishing high school. Angelina's family life is difficult. Her mother (Lili Taylor) is an alcoholic and her step-father is violent and unpredictable. One morning her boyfriend (Jonny Weston) suggests she take naked pictures for money. She balks at first but then does the photo shoot, using the money to run-off with her best friend (Dev Patel) to San Francisco. In San Francisco, while cocktailing in a strip club, Angelina meets Frances (James Franco) a well-off lawyer who offers to introduce her to a different kind of world, a place full of expensive dresses and fancy parties. But that world is not as perfect as it first appears and Frances has problems of his own. At the same time Angelina, using the moniker Cherry, has begun exploring the San Francisco porn industry under the direction of Margaret (Heather Graham) a former performer turned adult film director. -- (C) Official Site
  • Rating:
    R
  • Genre:
    Drama
  • Directed By:
    Stephen Elliott
  • Written By:
    Stephen Elliott, Lorelei Lee
  • In Theaters:
     limited
  • On Disc/Streaming:
  • Box Office:
    $2,760
  • Runtime:
  • Studio:
    IFC Films

Cast

Ashley Grace
as Angelina
Lili Taylor
as Phyllis
Dev Patel
as Andrew
Heather Graham
as Margaret
James Franco
as Frances
Jonny Weston
as Bobby
Diane Farr
as Jillian
Maya Donato
as JoJo
Vincent Palo
as Paco
Elan Krausz
as Lana
Lorelei Lee
as Sophie
K. Lee
as Sweet
Michael Manuel Torres
as PO
Robert Nelson
as Officer
Viva Celso
as Viva Nova
Cully Fredricksen
as Pool Player 1
Donald Lacy, Jr.
as Pool Player 2
James Anthony Cotton
as Bartender 2
Nkechi Odina
as Tanya
Ernest Waddell
as Vaughn
Sarah Curtiss
as Brande
Ben Simonetti
as Miller
Nelson Lee
as Jessica
Megan Boone
as Jake
Karyn Hunt
as Karyn
Jordan Kessler
as Paul
Momo Juniper Hurley
as Evany
Mike Bessoni
as Chuck
Melissa Tan
as Chellis
Tom McGraw
as Customer 1
Darryl Fong
as Man 1
Dennis Smith
as Man 2
Amy Huckabay
as Sheila
Patrick Alparone
as Rudy
Dan Weiss
as Danny
Tim Lewis
as Duke
Peter Alton
as Director 3
Windy Chien
as Audrey
Ricky Saenz
as Worker 1
Mark Silversten
as Worker 3
Peter Kepler
as Co-Worker 1
Tristin Hagen
as Girl 1
Andy Miller
as Manager
Veronica Valencia
as Amber
Sensi Pearl
as Vicki
Leo Gaelan McKeown Hickel
as Bartender
Nina Ljeti
as Nina
Alexa Inkeles
as Terra
Isaac Fitzgerald
as Mike
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Audience Reviews for About Cherry

  • Dec 28, 2014
    It is so irritating to see something this awfully structured and edited, full of artificial conflicts and terrible dialogue, unable to maintain focus or - even worse - offer any interesting insight into its protagonist, who in the end remains a poorly delineated sketch.
    Carlos M Super Reviewer
  • Aug 05, 2014
    With her mother(Lili Taylor) being an alcoholic, 18-year old Angelina(Ashley Hinshaw) is left to take care of her younger sister Jojo(Maya Raines). At the same time, Angelina desperately wants to spread her wings and live her own life. But her job at a laundromat is not going to get her far. So, she poses nude for Vaughn(Ernest Waddell). That gets her the money for her and her friend Andrew(Dev Patel) to move to San Francisco. That's where she works as a waitress in a strip club where she meets Frances(James Franco). Alternately erotic and chaste, "About Cherry" does admittedly suffer from a lack of focus at times. But it is also refreshing in it not being a garden variety cautionary tale. Rather, it is about somebody who is surrounded by cautionary tales. And it is a nice touch that the movie depicts a corner of the adult film industry as being both gay and female friendly. Out of all the surprises here, the biggest has to be the neat turn by none other than Heather Graham.
    Walter M Super Reviewer
  • Mar 16, 2013
    Unfocused and lazy, About Cherry is a poorly made film that's kind of pretentious. There's not much of a plot: a teen runaway heads to San Francisco and gets involved in the pornography industry. However, as provocative as the material is the film doesn't seem to know what it wants to say about it. The cast features Ashley Hinshaw, James Franco, and Heather Graham, but the material limits them. Bland and superficial, About Cherry is uninspired and pointless.
    Dann M Super Reviewer
  • Jan 23, 2013
    Americans have a curious relationship with porn. It's a billion dollar industry with a product enjoyed by most of the population yet it's coverage in the media would have you think it's run solely by criminals. Any films tackling the subject have always focused on the negative aspects, most of which are applicable to any get-rich-quick business, of the industry. 'About Cherry' bucks the trend, showing the world of porn as far less maladjusted than the mainstream. Hinshaw does a good job in the lead role and is undoubtedly a star in the making. The film itself is quite a bore, filled with cliched characters like the manipulative alcoholic mother (Taylor), the disapproving boyfriend (Franco), and the platonic friend (Patel) who can't express his true feelings for our protagonist. Hinshaw's breasts aside, there's nothing here we haven't seen before.
    The Movie W Super Reviewer
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