2021 · drama · crime
Cherry
Directed by Joe Russo2h 22m2021
Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq—anchored only by his one true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.
Our read: Cherry (2021) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, extreme drama / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- extreme
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