CHERRY

     KYLE GALLNER  LAURA ALLEN  BRIT ROBERTSON

AARON (GALLNER) IS AN EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT WHO GETS ACCEPTED INTO AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL AT 17.  ONE DAY HE MEETS LINDA (ALLEN), A HOT 30 SOMETHING STUDENT, AND INSTANTLY BECOMES ATTRACTED TO HER.  LINDA LIKES AARON ALSO AND INVITES HIM TO DINNER ONE NIGHT.  WHILE THERE, AARON MEETS BETH (ROBERTSON), LINDA'S 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, WHO HAPPENS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH AARON.
ONCE AARON GETS INVOLVED WITH LINDA AND BETH, HIS LIFE SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL.  HE MISSES CLASSES, DOESN'T STUDY AND ALMOST FLUNKS OUT OF SCHOOL.  HE STRUGGLES WITH HIS ATTRACTION TO LINDA WHILE TRYING TO DISCOURAGE BETH'S ATTRACTION TO HIM.  HIS ATTEMPTS FALL SHORT OF THEIR GOALS.
THIS IS A MULTI LAYERED STORY THAT IS DONE INCREDIBLY WELL.  KYLE HAS AN OVERBEARING MOTHER, HAS TO SURVIVE ON HIS OWN FOR THE FIRST TIME, HAS TO DEAL WITH HIS ROOMMATE, FRIENDS AND CLASSES, AND HOW BEING A VIRGIN AFFECTS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH LINDA AND BETH.  LINDA IS A RECOVERING ADDICT, TRYING TO BETTER HERSELF THROUGH SCHOOL BUT FAILING, HAS A REBELLIOUS DAUGHTER AND AN ABUSIVE BOYFRIEND.  BETH, ALSO A VIRGIN, HAS HAD TO TAKE CARE OF HER MOM, IS RECKLESS AND OUTSPOKEN, AND IS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE IN HER LIFE.  WHEN SHE FINDS THAT PERSON IN KYLE, SHE GETS REJECTED AND IT ALMOST DESTROYS HER. 
I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF TO HAVE IN ONE MOVIE, BUT WHEN IT IS AS WELL DONE AS IT IS IN CHERRY, IT IS A MOVIE THAT SHOULD NOT BE MISSED.
RATING  3.5 out of 5