Cherry 2012

Stephen Holden, New York Times: The fatal flaw ... is its refusal to examine Angelina's occupation from outside the bubble. You might even call it a recruitment film. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: It's pornography bathed in the tangerine glow of fruit-scented candlelight. Read more

Alison Willmore, AV Club: It has a didactic undercurrent, making its main character into a beautiful blank, ready to blossom under the bright camera lights and to be unabashed in the face of the unenlightened. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Dramas about the porn industry range from expressions of puritanical rage to celebrations of open sexuality; this one manages to avoid both extremes, as well as anything else that might make it worth watching. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Everything here is done badly. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: This is just a slow-moving skin flick broken up by lots of boring discussions about Cherry's future. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Never boring but never as engaging as it could or should be. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Here is a movie that suggests prostitution is something that just sort of happens to you, like Lyme disease. Read more

Roderick Hudson, Village Voice: About Cherry only manages to seem inconsequential. Read more