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Cherry is an Oscar worthy film in my head. Tom Holland & Ciara Bravo's performances as Junkies are insane considering their intense 27 pound weight loss for the dope life section of the film. The film has some amazing songs from Mountain & Henry Jackman's fantastic score. The amount of famous quotes from the book that are incorporated into the 4th wall breaks from Tom is baffling. There are some amazing sequences of one shots scenes all the way throughout (like the one in the car with James, Roy & Cousin Joe) The hospital scene really stayed with me for hours later after my first viewing, it was so hard to watch and I felt with Tom's character all the way throughout the scene with him so worried for Emily's safety and wondering if she will live. It's phenomenal. The bank scenes are very intense with Tom screaming at the top of his lungs saying "ALRIGHT NO ALARMS, I'M A WANTED MAN" really shook me. The "BASIC" & "CHERRY" chapters in the film are quite enthralling. The last 20 minutes with Cherry seeing what he did was wrong right in the middle of a robbery and lays his disguise down on the counter and tells "Vanessa" to sound the alarm and get him caught. Realising what he is doing is for the greater good. Finally with him about it stab himself with a needle full of heroin right in the middle of a street in Cleveland as the police come up to arrest him really got me, then going into Cherry's incarceration gave me some "Wolf Of Wall Street" vibes. Once the credits hit, I felt like it was open ended like The Devil All The Time with Cherry & Emily seeing each other after 14 years of Cherry in prison. In my opinion, I feel like the ending with Cherry leaving prison should have ended with Cherry getting a guard telling him "Good luck" as he starts to walk out and Cherry breaths in and realises what he and Emily did was just a bad decision that they made as children. The film is one hell of a ride, with many great jokes and scenes that made me laugh my socks off. The whole film made my heart realise what addicts do as a living and what they must have to live with every day, as their number one priority. As my first viewing, it was really something, sure it may have minor bumps and cracks on the road but overall I found it an amazing project to watch as an eagle eyed viewer of Tom & Ciara's.
score 9/10
saulybobs 12 March 2021
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