Synopsis
A drama centered on a troubled young woman who moves to San Francisco, where she gets involved in pornography and aligns herself with a cocaine-addicted lawyer.
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Cast
- Ashley GraceAngelina
- Heather GrahamMargaret
- Lili TaylorPhyllis
- Dev PatelAndrew
- Diane FarrJillian
- Jonny WestonBobby
- James FrancoFrancis
- Maya RainesJojo
- Vincent PaloPaco
- Elana KrauszLana
Recommendations
- 63
ReelViews
Where About Cherry fails is in its depiction of interpersonal relationships. Nearly all of them are flat and uninspired. - 58
The A.V. Club
Demanding everyone accept you as you are can be a way of refusing to compromise, and the film's failure to explore this aspect of the lifestyle its portraying is almost as disappointing as moralizing would be. - 50
Slant Magazine
The lack of plausible conflict mars the movie's highly commendable depiction of San Francisco as a the new porn capital. - 50
Village Voice
Setting out to reassure that certain decisions do not necessarily have fatal consequences for one's sexual morality, though, About Cherry only manages to seem inconsequential. - 50
Observer
James Franco's role hardly exists. He's a doped-up cipher who attends museum openings and drives his car into a cement wall, looking as bored and out of place as he did hosting the Academy Awards. - 40
The New York Times
The fatal flaw of this well-acted movie, whose creators are sex industry veterans, is its refusal to examine Angelina's occupation from outside the bubble. You might even call it a recruitment film. - 38
Chicago Sun-Times
Prostitutes have inspired some of the most unforgettable characters in fiction. As for all of its effect on Angelina, she might as well have saved herself the wear and tear and stayed in the laundry. - 25
New York Post
This is just a slow-moving skin flick broken up by lots of boring discussions about Cherry's future.
