Cherry Tree Lane

2010 "No warning. No mercy. No escape."
4.9| 1h17m| R| en
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Prosperous professional couple Mike and Christine are settling in for a standard evening of wine, TV and low-level marital hostility when a ring on their doorbell changes everything. Turns out their son Sebastian is in a little trouble with some local boys, who are quite prepared to camp out and wait for him to get home ... the resulting culture-clash chamber drama is raw, revealing and nerve-splittingly tense.

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GamerTab That was an excellent one.
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Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Leofwine_draca CHERRY TREE LANE is a British addition to the over-crowded sub-genre of the 'home invasion' thriller. Such films typically involve respectable middle-class families finding themselves under siege from sadistic criminals or thugs, as the plotting sees fit; these films have cat and mouse aspects to their narratives, as each side seeks to gain an upper hand. The sub-genre has been going since the 1970s, and shows no signs of slowing down just yet.This is a particularly boring addition to that genre, content to repel the viewer with endless, protracted scenes of characters shouting and swearing at each other while little happens to propel or indeed develop the narrative. A couple are attacked in their home and held hostage by a gang who are awaiting the return of the couple's son. The characters are moronic, devoid of intelligence and given over to brute violence, which makes for a gruelling viewing experience and not in a good way. There's no decent acting here, no characters to empathise with, just repellent material interspersed with a few scenes of brutal violence. It's a film almost entirely devoid of entertainment value.
movieman_kev A. Upper-middle class couple is held hostage by three lower-class hoods who're waiting for their druggie son to come home and teach him a lesson not to rat. Not much of a plot but there you go.When seeing this on Netflix, the dialog at times was insufferably low and then normal, but loud for me compensating for the low parts. So I gave up and just restarted the movie with subtitles on. The film itself isn't really the best 'home invasion' flick out there, but there was some suspense to be had mostly later in the movie (which truth be told is rather short)The acting was merely passable by most of all involved. The movie isn't bad, but it isn't that good either. A strictly middle of the road affair.
Violet Skyes Out of all the horror/thriller/realistic films that I have seen I have never ever thought that there would be a movie that would bring me to skip most scenes and still know what will be happening within the film. This movie is about the most out of control films that I have ever viewed. The use of language and verbal abuse was out of control and none of which suited the characters portrayed or maybe it was because the atmosphere was n't created. The movie dragged on and I even had to watch some scenes again to actually analyze some of the actors expressions. The camera angles were of many close-ups of the actors when they had no emotions showing at all. The plot was simple and realistic. The talk between the couple was long and boring and something should've happened within those minutes that should've brought my attention, but nothing. The gang was useless and when the girls came in with the little boy, it was a big WTF moment. How most of the film stayed within the living room bored me to death. I recommend NOT watching this film for anyone. Complete waste of my time.
saund83 Straight to the point. In my opinion Cherry Lane Tree is not a movie worth watching and has been overrated. I would rate it 3/10. After watching Funny Games (US Version) and reading Cherry Lane Tree plot I was willing to give it a go. Unfortunately noticeable differences between the two movies took place. For example: The main characters have blank personalities and are unlikeable from the first moment as the movie starts, with a cold situation between the couple. Poor acting from all the cast and poor directing. Scenes Like one gang member calling another in order to bring him a drink from outside, or Calling his mother to record an episode on TV because he will be late home, or another gang member eating biscuits in the kitchen take place and are annoying as they get way off the movies storyline. The scene with the girls visiting towards the end of the movie with one also bringing along her smaller brother completely spoils whatever is left of this movie and is completely unnecessary. Seriously this movie has some very childish scenes and is disappointing overall.