Cherish

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Cherish

R

2002

1h 42m

Comedy

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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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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Critics Consensus

The different genres in Cherish don't mesh well, and the quirkiness sometimes feels too forced.

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Hank Sartin

Chicago Reader

Feb 13, 2014

The mix of tones can be jarring, but it all has an odd charm.

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Keith Phipps

AV Club

Feb 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.

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Christy Lemire

Associated Press

Feb 13, 2014

Cherish is one of those movies in which the soundtrack is better than the movie itself.

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M. K. Terrell

Christian Science Monitor

Feb 13, 2014

2.5/4

A witty little thriller emerges as Zoe, under house arrest, resourcefully stretches her electronic anklet's restrictions.

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Anita Schmaltz

Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

Feb 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.

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Todd C

@RT83692240 Apr 16, 2026

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.

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Jun 29, 2017

Robin Tunney is so impossibly freakin adorable.

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Aug 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.

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Aug 11, 2013

This is a simplistic and strange story. I definitely wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

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May 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

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Jan 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.

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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)

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