2009 · drama · romance · thriller
Cherrybomb
Directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn1h 26m2009
Teenagers Luke, Malachy, and Michelle embark on a wild weekend of drink, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars. But what starts out as a game turns deadly serious when the three discover that they can't get off the wild ride they've set in motion.
Our read: Cherrybomb (2009) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded drama · romance · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
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