I have been dreading writing this review only because theres so much to say.
First off, Tom Holland does a SPECTACULAR job in this film. His performance is outstanding. He really draws you into the character. However, the downside is that there is no plot with this story. Its just a sequence of events. In the first hour hes in college and meets his girlfriend, they break up, leading him to enlist in the army. They get back together but he still has to go. He comes back with ptsd and is prescribed addictive medication. His wife and him become junkies. And that was just the first hour.
In the second, hes a junkie who robs banks because he needs the money. In the last 10 minutes he goes to prison and changes.
There are a lot of things that didnt make sense and i dont think thats something to blame the Russo brothers for. His name is never said. The places like banks had weird names. The Russo brothers dont have a specific type of style to be critiqued on so that is not a factor to fit in. I think the film was shot beautifully, they just dragged the second hour and 20 minutes too long. We didnt need an hour of then shooting heroin.
To be honest, it felt a lot like the Basketball Diaries, except Cherry never felt like it had a message it was trying to convey. And that just might be it, but if the movie is going to be 2 hours and 2 minutes long then it deserves a point.
First off, Tom Holland does a SPECTACULAR job in this film. His performance is outstanding. He really draws you into the character. However, the downside is that there is no plot with this story. Its just a sequence of events. In the first hour hes in college and meets his girlfriend, they break up, leading him to enlist in the army. They get back together but he still has to go. He comes back with ptsd and is prescribed addictive medication. His wife and him become junkies. And that was just the first hour.
In the second, hes a junkie who robs banks because he needs the money. In the last 10 minutes he goes to prison and changes.
There are a lot of things that didnt make sense and i dont think thats something to blame the Russo brothers for. His name is never said. The places like banks had weird names. The Russo brothers dont have a specific type of style to be critiqued on so that is not a factor to fit in. I think the film was shot beautifully, they just dragged the second hour and 20 minutes too long. We didnt need an hour of then shooting heroin.
To be honest, it felt a lot like the Basketball Diaries, except Cherry never felt like it had a message it was trying to convey. And that just might be it, but if the movie is going to be 2 hours and 2 minutes long then it deserves a point.