Wild Cherry (2009)

Director:

Dana Lustig

Writers:

Chris Charney (screenplay)
David Kolbowicz (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Never give it up.

Plot:

A virginal high school senior decides to get revenge on her jock boyfriend when she discovers he's only dating her in hopes that she'll end up in his teams' "bang book".

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Tania Raymonde	...	Helen McNicol
Rumer Willis	...	Katlyn Chase
Kristin Cavallari	...	Trish Van Doren
John White	...	Franklin Peters
Ryan Merriman	...	Stanford Prescott
Jesse Moss	...	Brad 'Skeets' Skeetowski
Rob Schneider	...	Nathan McNicol
Tia Carrere	...	Ms. Haumea
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kathrien Ahn	...	Student
Samantha Alvarado	...	Interview
Kallie Flynn Childress	...	Interview
Caroline Choi	...	Interviewer
Adam Crosby	...	College Student
Joelle ten Damme	...	Alison
Jordan David	...	Interviewer
Jennifer Donison	...	Amy
Kyle Hodges	...	Interview
Melissa Hunter	...	Interviewer
Kyle Kaplan	...	Interview
Suzanne Kelly	...	Teen With Pigtails
Ashley Mayberry	...	Hagatha
Kristin McCoy	...	Cheerleader
Tegan Moss	...	Hannah
Brodie Sanderson	...	Iguana Dude
Elle Schneider	...	Sabrina
Jenn Shagrin
Brian Takahashi	...	Interview
David Turnbull	...	Football Jock
Jeff Wahl	...	Scar

Runtime:

Germany:120 min (European Film Market)

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (35 mm version) | Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (cut version)

Filming Locations:

Manitoba, Canada

Company:

Redwood Palms Pictures

Soundtrack:

I'm Alive

Not bad

This is a teen sex comedy, similar in feel to American Pie, but with a subtle Canadian flavour. This is one genre of film that Canada seems to do well with over the decades. In this one, at high school, a group of virgin girls discover that the boys are interested in them only because of a list in a "bang book" which supposedly will help them win their football games. So they organize to withhold sex until the season is over. I expected the film to be either overly preachy or overly lewd, but it chose a middle path, combining sexual humour with a literal feel-good story. Don't get me wrong... there are the expected gross-out scenes, and the expected serious messages. But they don't beat you over the head with them. Manitoba seems an unlikely place where this film would be made, but they obviously know something about film-making there. While this gives me hope for Canadian film, which so often disappoints me, I wonder if these particular skills will be applicable to more serious film fare. Still, I look forward to seeing what they do next.