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51 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 25
  3. Negative: 3 out of 25
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    A film of real beauty, which is surprising, since it's not a movie of beautiful sentiments or settings.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    A lightweight charmer with a winning performance by Robin Tunney.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    75
    Endearingly offbeat romantic comedy with a great meet-cute gimmick.
  4. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    75
    Tunney, brimming with coltish, neurotic energy, holds the screen like a true star. She brings the role, and the movie, to life.
  5. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
    70
    May be scant on character and plot development, but it’s rich with affection for daydream believers
  6. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    70
    I paid steadfast attention, both to the actress, a performer of unusual versatility, and to the character she plays, a caged -- and cagey -- bird who sings because she's too stubborn to cry.
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  7. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    67
    Disoriented but occasionally disarming saga packed with moments out of an ''Alice in Wonderland'' adventure, a stalker thriller, and a condensed season of TV's ''Big Brother.''
  8. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Loren King
    63
    An uneven mix of genres that, even when it misses the mark, gets points for originality and a good beat.
  9. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Janice Page
    63
    The cast is up to the challenges of that arc, but the plot doesn't always keep them afloat.
  10. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    60
    Good performances and quirky humor make this slick if less than fully satisfying mix of romantic comedy and mystery an easy sit.
  11. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    60
    The movie's about its own playfulness. But that playfulness, all too often, feels labored.
  12. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    50
    Seems to vanish from memory even as you're watching it. The movie is an exercise in minimalist storytelling.
  13. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    50
    As it is, while Tunney is undeniably lovely to look at, she's just not that much fun to be around. And for 100 minutes, she's all we've got.
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  14. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Liam Lacey
    50
    Though it is shaped as a woman-in-peril thriller about obsession, Cherish is about being winningly kooky, not violently insane.
  15. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Chad Bixby
    50
    Slightly less than lovable. It’s a strained romantic comedy that starts promisingly, takes a hard left turn and slowly falls apart.
  16. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    50
    Finn Taylor's lark of a movie feels like two unfinished films awkwardly fused together and ever threatening to snap apart.
  17. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Keith Phipps
    50
    In the end, it becomes the cinematic equivalent of one of the songs Tunney adores: enjoyable enough while it lasts, but so thin that its ingratiating charms seem as much a source of frustration as pleasure.
  18. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    50
    As a poky little character comedy, Cherish is enchanting in a small-scale way. But when Mr. Taylor tries to turn it into a genre thriller, Cherish deteriorates so quickly that it's unsettling -- but probably not in the way Mr. Taylor intended.
  19. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    50
    This is a downbeat, indulgent and self-consciously quirky little movie.
  20. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Luke Y. Thompson
    50
    Their (Tunney and Nelson) interplay is what saves the movie, and possibly should have been expanded upon to the exclusion of the other plot points.
    All this critic's reviews
  21. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    40
    The idea is more interesting than the screenplay, which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy, unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of "Run Lola Run." Great soundtrack, though.
  22. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Kimberley Jones
    40
    The soundtrack is a boisterous blast from the past, and there's a quiet pleasure to watching Zoe and Daly let their composure loose like scrambled eggs, but there's little else to hold dear here.
  23. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    30
    Implausible at every turn, it offers a dab of quirkiness and edge from writer-director Finn Taylor, but otherwise has nothing for audiences to embrace.
  24. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    25
    The movie's weirdness isn't organic; it's imposed, like barber-pole stripes painted on a prison wall.
  25. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Dennis Lim
    20
    The only flicker of thematic interest -- AM radio obsession as psychopathology -- is duly subsumed into a sea of desperate soundtrack come-ons.
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