USA,
2002, 100 min
Shown in 2002
CREDITS
- dir
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Finn Taylor
- prod
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Johnny Wow, Mark Burton
- scr
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Finn Taylor
- cam
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Barry Stone
- editor
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Rick LeCompte
- mus
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Charles Raggio
- cast
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Robin Tunney, Tim Blake Nelson, Brad Hunt, Liz Phair, Jason Priestly, Nora Dunn, Lindsay Crouse
- source
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Fine Line Features, 888 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10106. TEL: 212-649-4900.
OTHER
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun... and now we have Cherish, San Francisco native Finn Taylor’s colorful romantic comedy that moves to the rhythm of silly love songs. Twentysomething digital animator and party girl Zoe Adler (a game, retainer-wearing Robin Tunney) tunes in all day to her favorite oldies radio station, seeking solace in the pop philosophy of 10cc’s “I’m Not in Love,” Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” and America’s “Sister Golden Hair.” One night, having downed one too many martinis and tripped the light fantastic with a smooth-operating coworker (a self-parodying Jason Priestly), Zoe is carjacked by an unknown assailant and inadvertently mows down a cop. In order to avoid charges of “depraved indifference,” she submits to an electronic bracelet program and is incarcerated in her funky apartment for two years. Determined to prove her innocence and nail the carjacking creep who’s now stalking her, Zoe enlists the help of a lovestruck, sad-sack deputy officer (Tim Blake Nelson) and a gaggle of neighborhood misfits who populate her San Francisco street; comic mishaps and playful romance ensue. Stylishly shot, and with Human League, Terry Jacks, the Turtles and Hall and Oates on the soundtrack, Cherish looks great and sounds wonderfully cheesy. Look for alterna-rock queen Liz Phair in a small role as Zoe’s bitchy coworker.
—Steven Jenkins
FACTOID #328
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