Friday Flashback: Rec. #29: Cherish

I decided to start doing Friday Flashbacks in case you missed some early posts the first time around. You're busy; I understand.

What: Robin Tunney is a woman wrongly accused of vehicular homicide who is under house arrest with an electronic ankle monitor. Tim Blake Nelson is the officer in charge of checking the monitor. Also appearing: Jason Priestly and Liz Phair.

Mix these ingredients together, and you might expect to get a kitschy, wacky, winking comedy. That is definitely not what this is. Mainly, it's eccentric and sweet. And a liiiiiittle bit violent and kinky. But, really, mostly eccentric and sweet. And nothing like the DVD cover art.

Comparable to: Definite tonal similarities to Lars and the Real Girl. Except that Cherish turns into a thriller for the last twenty minutes.

You might not like it if: The tone doesn't work for you, and you would like the movie to pick just one genre, please. Also, you are sick of eccentric and sweet.

How to get it: Might be best to Netflix it. That way you won't be distracted by the very misleading cover art.

Connections to other Wreckage: Lars and the Real Girl was Rec. #196 and SSoW #8.

[Originally posted 1/28/11.]