Review of Cherish (1998) by Jennifer P — 10 Oct 2004

Zoe (Robin Tunney) is an insecure and codependent computer animator who is uncomfortable in her own skin. Much like allot of people we see lining the barstools in taverns, she hates being alone and her desperation drives away the very people she clings to. Daly (Tim Blake Nelson) is a police officer who unhappily arranges his life around absolute order using this as his companion. D.J. (Brad Hunt) Zoe's stalker lives in a fantasy world of music and obsession. Their three lives cross and all are changed forever.

Carjacked by her stalker Zoe becomes charged with a crime she did not commit and is under house arrest for almost two years. Wearing an ankle bracelet, applied and cared for by Daly, Zoe is forced to face herself and who she is. This transformation is brilliantly conveyed through innovative cinematography, use of neighborhood characters and environmental interactions.

Daly's ordered life begins to crack as he falls for Zoe and tries to help her.

But Zoe's stalker finds her and, with a trial looming, she must find him and deliver the proof of her innocence to the police before she sent to prison.

I don't want to spoil it for the viewer so I won't go on with the plot.

This movie can touch a viewer in a sore spot if you haven't learned the 20 something lesson that 'until you can be happy being alone with yourself you can never be happy in a relationship with another.'.