Cherry (2021)

DISCLAIMER: This review contains spoilers.

TW: extensive graphic drug abuse, disturbing and violent images, mentions of suicide, death, and depictions of PTSD.

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After hitting it big in the MCU, the Russo brothers (Anthony and Joe) and Tom Holland team up for a very different collaboration. Cherry is a semi-autobiographical take on Nico Walker’s life. The film is divided into seven separate chapters and follows a fictional interpretation of Walker called Cherry.

The film tells the story of a young man before, during, and after he experiences life as an army medic. He meets the love of his life Emily (Ciara Bravo) in a college English class. The couple goes through a rough patch, leading to Cherry dropping out of school and enlisting in the Army. However, the two reconcile and marry before he leaves for basic training.