AmericanCherry Review: A Psychological Thriller Full of Mixed Signals
Longtime music video director turned feature-length filmmaker, Marcella Cytrynowicz, debuts her psychological thriller/romance American Cherry on March 17. Also written by the director, the script tackles mental health, anger issues, addiction, and family drama among two troubled young adults. Hart Denton and Sarah May Sommers star as Finn and Eliza in this methodically-paced deep dive on the consequences of untreated needs.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY The story follows the mysterious and troubled young man, Finn , who sets his sights on the impressionable yet strong-willed Eliza . After discovering they both suffer from familial traumas, they grow closer together as friends. Their friendship quickly turns into romance, in which obsession gets the best of Finn due to underlying mental health issues that he so often has to battle.
American Cherry works best when it doesn’t define a stance on the characters it aims to examine. Nearly every person in the film has a complicated history with someone else. Yet, a romantic score when Finn and Eliza are onscreen, or a troubling one when Eliza’s alcoholic mother Louise appears tends to tell viewers how to think about these characters. However, and as viewers will come to learn, liking or disliking the people in this story isn’t black and white.
Toxic relationships and concerning actions aside, Cytrynowicz played her cards right when it came to putting together a coherent, albeit intricate story about moral strife. Her examination of human behavior when certain acts are done out of love provide a watching experience that is tough at most times, but engaging nonetheless. But the one thing standing in the way of her script is the mere fact that it takes on too much in too little time.
There’s a good — maybe even great — story in here somewhere. However, the script never dives deep enough into its plethora of themes that it so desperately wants to explore. Perhaps that’s a good lesson about restraint; it's one that, oddly enough, Cytrynowicz’s characters could learn. American Cherry is the kind of film that would immediately spark conversation about what one just saw due to its serious themes that should come with trigger warnings.
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